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a peacock is sitting on a 19 m long pole, a snake is approaching the hole which is at bottom of the pole, the snake is 27 m away from the hole, if their speeds are same, find the distance from the hole at which the peacock pounces over the snake.
a. 3.4 m b. 6.8 m c. 5.9 m d. 7.3 m

Asked In Capgemini harika sharma (8 years ago)

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Divyanshu Dwivedi  (8 years ago)

They both have same speed hence if snake moves 'x' then peacock also moves 'x' but diagonally down from the pole...
hence path of peacock , ground, and the pole make a triangle...... with diagonal (Hypotenuse) = x
snake moves 'x' hence distance left =( 27 - x ) which is the base of triangle
and height of the pole is the height of triangle =19.
now, apply pythagoras' theorem----- x^2= (27-x)^2 + 19^2
solve the equation ..... x= 20.18 m
And the distance from the hole at which the peacock pounces over the snake = 27 - 20.18 = 6.8
Answer= 6.8

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Nitish Kumar  (7 years ago)

pole is 19 m long (perpendicular)
and
snake distance is 27 m (base)
(19m)
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if peacock tries to catch snake then it would make triangle (i.e. hypotenuse)
let hypotenuse be of " X m "
but snake already traveled some distance thus it travels (27 - X) m distance

Now To find X value we can apply Pythagoras theorem i.e

hypotenuse^2 = base^2 + perpendicular^2

Thus,

X^2 = (27 - X)^2 + 19^2

By solving it We will find
X = 20.18

Now To find the distance from the hole at which the peacock pounces over the snake
We have to put the X value to the (27-X) m i.e. Hypotenuse

Therefore, 6.82 will be the answer

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Divyanshu Dwivedi  (8 years ago)

Dear Saikumar,
x is the distance traveled by both snake and peacock hence - x meters is correct.

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star  (8 years ago)

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santhosh  (8 years ago)

Please give d answers

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saikumar  (8 years ago)

Here Divyanshu "x" is in m/s not mts....

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s.yaswanth  (6 years ago)

plz explain clearly

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