Saturday, January 27, 2007

"GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY"

Two line segments AB and CD intersect at points E such that TriangleACE: TrainagleDBE. If AE=9 inches, BE= 6 inches, CE= 3 inches, and DE = x. Find x.

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

b
ae/be=ce/de
de=ce*be/ae
de=3*6/9=2

January 27, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Vishal Naidu said...

see the corresponding sides....
ACE DBE
therefore
AE/DE = CE/BE

so the answer comes out to be 4.5
which is none of the above...

who the F*** posts this dumb solutions man.... u guys suck bigtime....

January 28, 2007 at 9:23 PM
Admin said...

Answer of this question is 2.



It is
6/3=x/9 => x=18
OR
6/9=x/3 => x= 2

January 29, 2007 at 11:20 AM
Anonymous said...

B

January 30, 2007 at 7:55 PM
Vishal Naidu said...

abe haggu admin
tereko similarity of traingle nahi aati kya ??
sale chutiye....
asnwer is 4.5 !!

January 31, 2007 at 11:20 PM

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