CAT 2020 Geometry & Mensuration — Previous Year Question
Year
CAT 2020
Section
Quantitative
Topic
Geometry & Mensuration
Difficulty
Hard
Question
Slot-1
Two lighthouses, located at points A and B on the earth, are feet and feet tall respectively. Each lighthouse is perfectly vertical and the land connecting A and B is perfectly flat. The topmost point of the lighthouse at A is A’ and of the lighthouse at B is B’. Draw line segments A’B and B’A, and let them intersect at point C’. Drop a perpendicular from C’ to touch the earth at point C. What is the length of CC’ in feet?
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The distance between A and B is also needed to solve this
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