Right Angled Triangle Park Paths
XAT 2012 · Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation · Hard · Geometry
A city has a park shaped as a right angled triangle. The length of the longest side of this park is 80 m. The Mayor of the city wants to construct three paths from the corner point opposite to the longest side such that these three paths divide the longest side into four equal segments. Determine the sum of the squares of the lengths of the three paths.
- A.
4000 m
- B.
4800 m
- C.
5600 m
- D.
6400 m
- E.
7200 m
C
Explanation
Let right-angled vertex be , hypotenuse . . Points divide into 4 equal segments of 20 m each. is the median to hypotenuse . By Apollonius theorem on and : . . Sum of squares = .
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