Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Area · Exam: · Marks: · Difficulty:
ABJH, JDEF, ACEG are squares. $\frac{1}{9}$
(b)$\frac{1}{3}$
(c)1
(d)3
Answer
Answer (as printed): C
Explanation
Let $A B=x$. Then $B C=3 x$. $B J=A B=x, H J=A B=x$, $H G=B C=3 x$. $\frac{\text { Area } B C D J}{\text { Area } H J F G}=\frac{B C \times B J}{H G \times H J}=\frac{3 x \times x}{3 x \times x}=1$.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.