XAT 2019 Geometry & Mensuration Question (Medium)

Question

What is the maximum number of points that can be placed on a circular disk of radius 1 metre some of the points could be placed on the bounding circle of the disk such that no two points are at a distance of less than 1 metre from each other?

Optima Learn · Accepted Answer

We need to place as many points as possible in a disk of radius 1 such that the distance between every pair of points is at least 1. Step 1 Show that 7 points are possible. Place 6 points equally spaced on the boundary circle i.e., at the vertices of a regular hexagon inscribed in the circle of radi

XAT 2019 Geometry & Mensuration — Previous Year Question

XAT 2019

Quantitative

Geometry & Mensuration

Medium

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