CAT 2018 Slot 2 QA Q25 Coordinate Geometry

Question 25 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2018 Slot 2, with CAT's official answer.

A triangle ABC has area 32 sq units and its side BC, of length 8 units, lies on the line x = 4. Then the shortest possible distance between A and the point (0,0) is
  1. A
    4√2 units
  2. B
    2√2 units
  3. C
    4 units
  4. D
    8 units

Answer: (C) 4 units Coordinate Geometry MCQ

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