Toughest question asked in the Microsoft Interview!!!
This question was asked to one of NIT student in his campus placement interview with Microsoft. Interviewer : Ok, so one last question. A right triangle has a hypotenuse equal to 10 and an altitude to the hypotenuse equal to 6. Find the area of the triangle. The guy started thinking 'Why would a software company ask a geometry question and that too such a trivial one! Maybe it is a trick question!? Maybe it isn't a trick question and he just wants me to think otherwise so that I would screw up even this paltry question!?' He contemplated for a while and answered: Student : Sir, as area of any triangle is 0.5*base*height, the answer to this question would be 0.5 *10*6 which evaluates to 30! Interviewer : Are you sure? Think about it again! *My friend thought for a while and replied with full confidence* Student : Yes sir, I am sure the area of triangle is 30. You are just messing up with my brain to make me think otherwise so that I would commit e