SECTION 2 (Maximum Marks: 15)
• This section contains FIVE questions.
• The answer to each question is a SINGLE DIGIT INTEGER ranging from 0 to 9, both inclusive.
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The sides of a right angled triangle are in arithmetic progression. If the triangle has area 24, then what is the length of its smallest side ?
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Let sides be a - d, a, a + d, (d > 0)
a 2 + (a-d) 2 = (a + d) 2
a = 4d
sides are 3d, 4d, 5d
As area is 24
d = 2
sides are 6, 8, 10
smallest side is 6.
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