2013 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1
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Square has side length . Point is on , and the area of is . What is ?
Solution
We are given that the area of is , and that .
The area of a triangle is:
Using as the height of ,
and solving for ,
, which is
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2013 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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