{"id":21450,"date":"2019-05-21T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T09:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=21450"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:12:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:42:48","slug":"the-figure-above-shows-a-piece-of-cheese-with-a-corner-cut-off-to-expose-plane-surface-abc-what-is-the-area-of-surface-abc-ogqr-2020-question-221-with-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/the-figure-above-shows-a-piece-of-cheese-with-a-corner-cut-off-to-expose-plane-surface-abc-what-is-the-area-of-surface-abc-ogqr-2020-question-221-with-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"The figure above shows a piece of cheese with a corner cut off to expose plane surface\u00a0ABC. What is the area of surface\u00a0ABC? – OGQR 2020 Question #221 with Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"A <\/span> 2<\/span> min read <\/span><\/span>\n

OGQR 2020: Question No. 221<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The figure above shows a piece of cheese with a corner cut off to expose plane surface ABC. What is the area of surface ABC?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. AD = 10 centimetres<\/li>
  2. The shape of the cheese was a cube before the corner was cut off<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    Source<\/td>OGQR 2020<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    Type<\/td>Data Sufficiency<\/td><\/tr>
    Topic<\/td>Geometry<\/td><\/tr>
    Sub-Topic<\/td>Cubes (3D)\/Triangles<\/td><\/tr>
    Difficulty<\/td>Medium – Hard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Steps 1 & 2: Understand Question and Draw Inferences<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    In this question, we are given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n