2000 AMC 10 Problems/Problem 7
Problem
In rectangle , , is on , and and trisect . What is the perimeter of ?
Solution
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Since is trisected, .
Thus,
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Adding, we get .
Solution 2
After computing observe that triangle is isosceles with Therefore, using triangle properties, we see that the perimeter is just
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