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A circular park of radius 20m is situated in a calony. Three boys Ankur, Brijesh and chitprag are sitting at equal distances on its boundary, each having a toy telephone in his hands to talk to each other. Find the length of the string of each phone. |
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Answer» ★A circular park of radius 20m is situated in a CALONY. Three boys ANKUR, Brijesh and chitprag are sitting at equal distances on its boundary, each having a toy telephone in his hands to talk to each other. Find the LENGTH of the string of each phone. Let A, B and C be the position of snkur, Brijesh and Chitprag respectively. Now, arc AB = arc BC = arc CA ==> chord AB = chord BC = chord CA ==>∆ABC is an equilateral triangle. Let AD, BE and CFcbe the MEDIANS of the ∆ABC and let G be it's centeroid. Since,in an equilateral triangle, the centeroid coincides with its circumcentre, we have GA = GB = GC = 20m Since the centeroid of a triangle devides a median in the ratio 2:1, we have GA\GD = 2\1 => 20m\GD = 2\1 => GD = 10m In right ∆BDG, we have BG² = BD² + GD² ==> (20m)² = BD² + (10m)² ==> 400m² = BD² + 100m² ==> BD² = (400 – 100)m² ==> BD² = 300m² ==> BD = √300 m ==> BD = 10√3 m ∴ BC = 2 × BD = (2 × 10√3)m = 20√3 m. Hence, the length of each telephone string is 20√3 m. |
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