CAT DILR Questions | CAT Data Sufficiency questions

Comprehension

Directions for Questions: These questions are based on the information given below.

In each question, you are given certain data followed by two statements, for answering the question

Mark (a) , if the question can be ansered with the help of one of the statements, but not with the help of the other statement.

Mark (b), if the question can be answered with the help of either of the statements alone.

Mark (c), if the question can be answered only with the help of both the statements

Mark (d), if the question can not be answered even with the help of both the statements together

CAT/1999

Question . 61

Mr. X starts walking northwards along the boundary of a field from point A on the boundary. After walking for 150 metres, he reaches B and then walks westwards, again along the boundary, for another 100 metres when he reaches C. What is the maximum distance between any pair of points on the boundary of the field ?

I. The field is rectangular in shape.

II. The field is a polygon, with C as one of its vertices and A the mid point of a side

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Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Data Sufficiency question

(c) The first statement states the polygon is rectangle but we don’t know anything about the sides of the rectangle and by combining both the statements we can have solution