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Grade 10Analytical Geometry

In the figure, ABCD is an isosceles trapezium. AC=4X-2, OD= 2X+4 and OB= X+1, then X is

a)4 b)5 c)6 d)7

Profile image of Halak Sheth
14 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of jitender lakhanpal
14 Years ago

Dear Halak,

 this is not the problem of similar triangles it can be solved by the property of trapezium

that both the diagonals are equal   so length of one diagonal is 

AC=4X-2    and other OD+OB = BD

so by the given information we get BD= 3X + 5

so AC = BD      4X-2 = 3X+5

SO X = 7

 

 

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