2013 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 9
Problem
In 
, 
and 
. Points 
and 
are on sides 
, 
, and 
, respectively, such that 
and 
are parallel to and , respectively. What is the perimeter of parallelogram 
?
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Solution
Note that because and are parallel to the sides of , the internal triangles 
and 
are similar to , and are therefore also isosceles triangles.
It follows that 
. Thus, 
.
Since opposite sides of parallelograms are equal, the perimeter is 
.
Solution (Cheese)
We can set point to be on point 
, and point 
to be on point 
.
This makes a degenerate parallelogram with sides of length 
and 
, so it has a perimeter of 
.
Video Solution
~sugar_rush
See also
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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