2009 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 4
- The following problem is from both the 2009 AMC 10B #4 and 2009 AMC 12B #4, so both problems redirect to this page.
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[hide]Problem
A rectangular yard contains two flower beds in the shape of congruent isosceles right triangles. The remainder of the yard has a trapezoidal shape, as shown. The parallel sides of the trapezoid have lengths and meters. What fraction of the yard is occupied by the flower beds?
Solution 1
Each triangle has leg length meters and area square meters. Thus the flower beds have a total area of square meters. The entire yard has length m and width m, so its area is square meters. The fraction of the yard occupied by the flower beds is . The answer is .
Solution 2
The length of each triangle is meters. By translating then rotating the top right triangle so that it forms a square with the top left triangle, the ratio we desire is literally the ratio of the and the total area, which is . Alternatively we can use side length ratios, but each way we get . Select .
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See also
2009 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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2009 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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