2013 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 11
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[hide]Problem
Triangle is equilateral with . Points and are on and points and are on such that both and are parallel to . Furthermore, triangle and trapezoids and all have the same perimeter. What is ?
Solution
Let , and . We want to find , which is nothing but .
Based on the fact that , , and have the same perimeters, we can say the following:
Simplifying, we can find that
Since , .
After substitution, we find that , and = .
Again substituting, we find = .
Therefore, = , which is
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQpQaomC2tA
~sugar_rush
See also
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