Quantitative Aptitude Ques 1011

Question: If two equal circles, whose centres are O and O’, intersect each other at the points A and B,

OO’ = 12 cm and AB = 16 cm, then the radius of the circles is

Options:

A) 10 cm

B) 8 cm

C) 12 cm

D) 14 cm

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

  • Given, $ AB=16cm $

$ \therefore $ $ AC=BC=8cm $ and $ OO’=12cm $

$ \therefore $ $ OC=CO’=6cm $ In $ \Delta OAC, $ by Pythagoras theorem, $ OA=\sqrt{OC^{2}+CA^{2}}=\sqrt{6^{2}+8^{2}} $ $ =\sqrt{36+64}=\sqrt{100}=10cm $