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Grade 10Analytical Geometry

P IS A POINT ANSIDE AN EQUILATERSL TRIANGLE OF 2010 UNITS.THE SUM OF THE LENGTH OF ALL PERPENDICULARS DRAWN FROM P TO SIDES IS

1.2010

2.2010ROOT3

3.1005ROOT3

4.2010/ROOT3

Profile image of Amit Tapas
14 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Ashwin Muralidharan IIT Madras
14 Years ago

As this sum is independent of position of P,

 

Consider P to be on one of the vertices.....

 

Hence sum = length of altitude = {root(3)/2}*a

 

Option 3.