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CAT 2021 Trigonometry — Previous Year Question

Year

CAT 2021

Section

Quantitative

Topic

Trigonometry

Difficulty

Hard

Question

Slot-1

The topmost point of a perfectly vertical pole is marked A. The pole stands on a flat ground at point D. The points B and C are somewhere between A and D on the pole. From a point E, located on the ground at a certain distance from D, the points A, B and C are at angles of 6060^{\circ}, 4545^{\circ} and 3030^{\circ} respectively. What is AB:BC:CDAB : BC : CD?

(3+3):(1+3):1(3+\sqrt{3}) : (1+\sqrt{3}) : 1

(33):1:(31)(3-\sqrt{3}) : 1 : (\sqrt{3}-1)

1 : 1 : 1

(33):(31):1(3-\sqrt{3}) : (\sqrt{3}-1) : 1

(31):1:(33)(\sqrt{3}-1) : 1 : (3-\sqrt{3})

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