CAT 2012 Kerala study group

How many distinct rectangles of perimeter not more than 258 cm have both length and breadth as positive integers(in cm)???

Ente approach sheri aavunilla... Onnu paranju tharuo???
@Kevin88 For max % increase, there are instances when mostly, few would be around 30% and 40% and 1 would be greater than 50%. When you look at the question, check the options. Then look back at the bar charts. Mostly one/two would have more than halved or doubled. :)
L B
1 1-128
2 1-127
3 1-126
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128 1

So, 1+2+.....+128 alle???


@Ash27Winz said:
How many distinct rectangles of perimeter not more than 258 cm have both length and breadth as positive integers(in cm)???
Ente approach sheri aavunilla... Onnu paranju tharuo???
l + b

When l=1, b=1,2,3......128
l=2, b=1,2,3......127
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l=128, b=1

So, for l=1, b has 128 values, for l=2 b has 127 values etc. So add 1+2+3...128.

128*129/2 = 8256

Then eliminate double cases.
@Kevin88 Answers are c,b,a . Fair enough :)
@Ash27Winz I am getting 8128.. (1+2+..127).. wht is the OA ?
@seetharam7 said:
l + b
When l=1, b=1,2,3......127
l=2, b=1,2,3......126
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l=127, b=1
So, for l=1, b has 127 values, for l=2 b has 126 values etc. So add 1+2+3...127.
127*128/2 = 8128
Then eliminate double cases.
l+b
So, 8256...
Which are the double cases???

Options are 4160, 129, 4158 and 65
@Kevin88 @Ash27Winz I have edited my post. Its "not more than". :)

And there will be double cases as when

l=40 b=60
l=60 b=40

They are same rectangles. So, we need to eliminate half of them. Ans should be somewhere around 4000. :)
@Kevin88 said:
@Ash27Winz I am getting 8128.. (1+2+..127).. wht is the OA ?
See my dilemma???

i am getting 4160 as the answer

@seetharam7 said:
@Kevin88 @Ash27Winz I have edited my post. Its "not more than".
And there will be double cases as when
l=40 b=60
l=60 b=40
They are same rectangles. So, we need to eliminate half of them. Ans should be somewhere around 4000.
Arent l=1, b=2 and l=2 b=1 different rectangles???
@raku1989 said:
i am getting 4160 as the answer
Enganeya cheythe???

@spdspd So for the final q its : 1638192+ 1+1000001 rt.. oh shit !!! marked wrong option !!!!

i did this way.

L+B
Take L+B = 129. So the number of ordered pairs (L,B) can take
(128,1) .......(65,64) = 64 values.
For L+B = 128 also we have ordered pairs (127,1) .....(64,64) ie 64 values.
same way for L+B = 127 and 126 we can have 63 values each.

Proceeding further for L+B = 3 and L+B = 2 we have 1 value each.

Total sum. = 2( 1+2+........64) = 4160
@raku1989 Simple and straight forward method !
@Ash27Winz said:
Arent l=1, b=2 and l=2 b=1 different rectangles???
Breadth cannot be more than length. Among two values whichever is more we call it as length and the smaller side as breadth
@raku1989 said:

Proceeding further for L+B = 3 and L+B = 2 we have 2 values.

For L+B = 2, there is just one value right ?
@Kevin88 Just saw your mail. And NOO !! I am just reading DI questions and answers. Not solving, just looking at the methods. 😃
@raku1989 said:
Breadth cannot be more than length. Among two values whichever is more we call it as length and the smaller side as breadth
Ohhhh.... I didnt know that one!!
Thanks..
Trignometric formulae :-
1) sin (-x) = - sinx
2) Cos (-x) = cos x
3) Sin (x+y) = Sin x cos y + Cos x sin y
4) Sin (x-y) = Sin x cos y - cos x sin y
5) Cos (x+y) = Cos x cos y - Sinx siny
6) Cos (x-y) = Cos x Cos y + Sin x Sin y
7) tan (x+y) = (tan x + tan y)/ (1- tan x tan y )
8) tan (x-y) = (tan x - tan y)/ (1+tan x tan y)
9) cot (x+y) = (cot x cot y - 1)/(cot x + cot y)
10) cot (x-y) = (cot x cot y + 1)/(cot y - cot x)
11) sin 2x = 2 sinx cosx = 2 tan x / (1+tan^2 x)
12) Cos 2x = cos^2x - sin^2x = 2 cos^2x - 1 = 1 - 2sin^2x =(1-tan^2 x)/(1+tan^2 x)
13) tan 2x = 2 tan x/ (1-tan^2 x)
14) Sin x + sin y = 2 sin (x+y/2) cos (x-y/2)
15) Sin x - sin y = 2 cos (x+y/2) sin (x-y/2)
16) Cos x + cos y = 2 cos (x+y/2) cos (x-y/2)
17) cos x - cos y = -2 sin (x+y/2) sin (x-y/2)
18) 2 cos x cos y = cos (x+y) + cos (x-y)
19) - 2 sinx siny = cos (x+y) - Cos (x-y)
20) 2 sin x cos y = sin (x+y) + sin (x-y)
21) 2 cos x sin y = sin (x+y) - sin (x-y)

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P.S. Today's paper had questions directly from trignometry.