1989 AHSME Problems/Problem 3
Problem
A square is cut into three rectangles along two lines parallel to a side, as shown. If the perimeter of each of the three rectangles is 24, then the area of the original square is
Solution
Let be the width of a rectangle so that the side of the square is . Since we have . Thus the area of the square is .
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