That night they argued until the moon rose and cast a white disc over their incomplete circles. Exhausted, they fell asleep with the problem between them. In a dream, the moon gathered the three circles’ halves and spun them like threads. When the siblings woke, the moonlight had left a pattern on the floor: three arcs, each tangent to two walls.
| Parameter | S Rajan 2021 | RD Sharma | NCERT Exemplar | |-----------|--------------|-----------|----------------| | | High (targets average student) | Moderate | High (dry but accurate) | | Number of solved examples | 350+ | 1000+ (overwhelming) | 200+ | | Exam tricks & shortcuts | Yes (chapter-wise) | Few | No | | Pandemic-era syllabus alignment | Yes (2021 reduced syllabus) | No (full syllabus) | Yes (NCERT reduced) | | Best for | Board + state entrance exams | JEE Mains only | Conceptual clarity | Amazon