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Find the number of triangles in the given figure ?

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A) 5 B) 8
C) 9 D) 10

Answer:   D) 10



Explanation:

The given figure can be labelled as :

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The simplest triangles are AJF, FBG, HDI, GCH and JEI i.e 5 in number.
The triangles composed of the three components each are AIC, FCE, ADG, EBH and DJB i.e 5 in number.
Thus, there are 5 + 5 = 10 triangles in the given figure.

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Q:

Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

A) 8 B) 10
C) 11 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

Explanation:

  

The simplest triangles are ABG, BCG, CGE, CDE, AGE and AEF i.e. 6 in number.

The triangles composed of two components each are ABE, ABC, BCE and ACE i.e. 4 in number.

There are 6 + 4 = 10 triangles in the figure.

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Q:

Find the minimum number of straight lines required to make the given figure.

A) 13 B) 15
C) 17 D) 19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 13

Explanation:

  

The horizontal lines are IJ, AB, EF, MN, HG, DC and LK i.e. 7 in number.

The vertical lines are AD, EH, IL, FG, BC and JK i.e. 6 in number.

Thus, there are 7 + 6 = 13 straight lines in the figure.

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Q:

Find the minimum number of straight lines required to make the given figure.

A) 16 B) 17
C) 18 D) 19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 17

Explanation:

The horizontal lines are IK, AB, HG and DC i.e. 4 in number.

The vertical lines are AD, EH, JM, FG and BC i.e. 5 in number.

The slanting lines are IE, JE, JF, KF, DE, DH, FC and GC i.e. 8 is number.

Thus, there are 4 + 5 + 8 = 17 straight lines in the figure.

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Find the number of triangles in the given figure?

A) 16 B) 22
C) 28 D) 32
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 28

Explanation:

The simplest triangles are AFJ, FJK, FKB, BKG, JKG, JGC, HJC, HIJ, DIH, DEI, EIJ and AEJ i.e. 12 in number.

The triangles composed of two components each are JFB, FBG, BJG, JFG, DEJ, EJH, DJH and DEH i.e. 8 in number.

The triangles composed of three components each are AJB, JBC, DJC and ADJ i.e. 4 in number.

The triangles composed of six components each are DAB, ABC, BCD and ADC i.e. 4 in number.

Thus, there are 12 + 8 + 4 + 4 = 28 triangles in the figure.

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Find the number of triangles in the given figure?

A) 18 B) 20
C) 24 D) 27
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24

Explanation:

The simplest triangles are IJO, BCJ, CDK, KQL, MLQ, GFM, GHN and NIO i.e. 8 in number.

The triangles composed of two components each are ABO, AHO, NIJ, IGP, ICP, DEQ, FEQ, KLM, LCP and LGP i.e.10 in number.

The triangles composed of four components each are HAB, DEF, LGI, GIC, ICL and GLC i.e. 6 in number.

Total number of triangles in the figure = 8 + 10 + 6 = 24.

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