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Post subject: GRE Coordinate Geometry (Select One) Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:11 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 30, 2010 3:15 am Posts: 424
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The two lines y = x and x = -4 intersect on the coordinate plane. If z represents the area of the figure formed by the intersecting lines and the x-axis, what is the side length of a cube whose surface area is equal to 6z? A. 16 B. 8√2 C. 8 D. 2√2 E. (√2)/3
(D) The first step to solving this problem is to actually graph the two lines. The lines intersect at the point (-4, -4) and form a right triangle whose base length and height are both equal to 4. As you know, the area of a triangle is equal to one half the product of its base length and height: A = (1/2)bh = (1/2)(4 × 4) = 8; so z = 8.
The next step requires us to find the length of a side of a cube that has a face area equal to 8. As you know the 6 faces of a cube are squares. So, we can reduce the problem to finding the length of the side of a square that has an area of 8. Since the area of a square is equal to s², where s is the length of one of its side, we can write and solve the equation s² = 8. Clearly s = √8 = 2√2 , or answer choice (D). ----------
They mentioned the surface is 6z not z. In your calculation you backsolve for surface = z = 8. Have I missed something?
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Post subject: Re: math (t.2, qt.20): geometry, x,y-plane Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:27 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 30, 2010 2:23 am Posts: 498
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In this problem we deal with two different figures.
1. The right triangle on the x,y-plane (a 2D-figure). The question statement tells us its area equals z. We can calculate this area and we do so to find the value of z.
2. Some specific cube (a 3D-figure). The question statement tells us its surface area equals 6z. We already calculated that z equals 8. So the area of the cube is 6 × 8 = 48. We denoted the side of the cube by s (Our goal is to find the value of s). So its surface area is 6 × s². (The surface area of a cube is composed of its six sides. Each side is an "s × s" square). 6 × s² = 6 × 8 s² = 8
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