CAT 2019 Geometry & Mensuration Question (Medium)

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Let ABC be a right-angled triangle with hypotenuse BC of length 20 cm. If AP is perpendicular on BC, then the maximum possible length of AP, in cm, is

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CAT 2019

Quantitative

Geometry & Mensuration

Medium

$Let ABC be a right-angled triangle with hypotenuse BC of length 20 cm. If AP is perpendicular on BC, then the maximum possible length of AP, in cm, is$

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