Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Data Sufficiency - 44

In triangle ABC, AB has a length of 10 and D is the midpoint of AB. What is the length of line segment DC?

(1) Angle C= 90
(2) Angle B= 45

Answer: A

From statement (1): it is given that angle C = 90 degrees ...this implies that ABC is a right angle triangle with AB as the hypotenuse and DC as the median. We know that --- In all right triangles, the median on the hypotenuse is the half of the hypotenuse. Hence DC=5