2013 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 15
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A wire is cut into two pieces, one of length and the other of length . The piece of length is bent to form an equilateral triangle, and the piece of length is bent to form a regular hexagon. The triangle and the hexagon have equal area. What is ?
Solution 1
Using the area formulas for an equilateral triangle and regular hexagon with side length , plugging and into each equation, we find that . Simplifying this, we get
Solution 2
The regular hexagon can be broken into 6 small equilateral triangles, each of which is similar to the big equilateral triangle. The big triangle's area is 6 times the area of one of the little triangles. Therefore each side of the big triangle is times the side of the small triangle. The desired ratio is
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