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Let <math>BE = x</math>, <math>KE = y</math> | Let <math>BE = x</math>, <math>KE = y</math> | ||
− | <math>DG = y</math>, <math>AG = 1-y</math>, <math>KJ = x | + | <math>DG = y</math>, <math>AG = 1-y</math>, <math>KJ = x</math>, <math>JG = 1</math> |
− | <math>\frac{ | + | <math>\frac{AJ}{JG} = \frac{KE}{JK}</math>, <math>AJ = \frac{y}{x}</math>, <math>EJ = 1 - x - \frac{y}{x}</math>, |
− | <math>2x^2 - x^2y + y - x = 0 (1)</math> | + | <math>\frac{AG}{JG} = \frac{EJ}{JK}</math>, <math>1-y = \frac{1 - x - \frac{y}{x}}{x}</math>, <math>x - xy = 1 - x - \frac{y}{x}</math>, <math>2x^2 - x^2y + y - x = 0</math> <math>(1)</math> |
− | <math>AJ^2 + AG^2 = JG^2</math>, <math>\left( \frac{y}{x} \right) ^2 + (1-y)^2 = 1</math>, <math>\frac{y^2}{x^2} + 1 - 2y + y^2 = 1</math>, <math>x^2 y -2x^2 + y = 0 (2)</math> | + | <math>AJ^2 + AG^2 = JG^2</math>, <math>\left( \frac{y}{x} \right) ^2 + (1-y)^2 = 1</math>, <math>\frac{y^2}{x^2} + 1 - 2y + y^2 = 1</math>, <math>x^2 y -2x^2 + y = 0</math> <math>(2)</math> |
− | <math>(1) + (2)</math>, <math>2y - x = 0</math>, <math>y = \frac{x}{2}</math> | + | <math>(1) + (2)</math>, <math>2y - x = 0</math>, <math>y = \frac{x}{2}</math> |
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+ | Substitute <math>y</math> into <math>(2)</math> we get <math>x^2 \cdot \frac{x}{2} - 2 x^2 + \frac{x}{2} = 0</math>, <math>x^2 - 4x + 1 = 0</math> | ||
<math>x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{16-4}}{2} = 2 \pm \sqrt{3}</math>, as <math>x < 1</math>, <math>x = \boxed{\textbf{(C)}2 - \sqrt{3}}</math> | <math>x = \frac{4 \pm \sqrt{16-4}}{2} = 2 \pm \sqrt{3}</math>, as <math>x < 1</math>, <math>x = \boxed{\textbf{(C)}2 - \sqrt{3}}</math> |
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Problem
In the figure, is a square of side length . The rectangles and are congruent. What is ?
Solution 1
Draw the altitude from to and call the foot . Then . Consider . It is the hypotenuse of both right triangles and , and we know , so we must have by Hypotenuse-Leg congruence. From this congruence we have .
Notice that all four triangles in this picture are similar. Also, we have . So set and . Now . This means , so is the midpoint of . So , along with all other similar triangles in the picture, is a 30-60-90 triangle, and we have and subsequently . This means , which gives , so the answer is .
Solution 2
Let . Let . Because and , are all similar. Using proportions and the pythagorean theorem, we find Because we know that , we can set up a systems of equations and solving for , we get Now solving for , we get Plugging into the second equations with , we get
Solution 3
Let , , and . Then and because and , . Furthermore, the area of the four triangles and the two rectangles sums to 1:
By the Pythagorean theorem:
Then by the rational root theorem, this has roots , , and . The first and last roots are extraneous because they imply and , respectively, thus .
Solution 4
Let = and = . It is shown that all four triangles in the picture are similar. From the square side lengths:
Solving for we get:
Solution 5
Note that is a diagonal of , so it must be equal in length to . Therefore, quadrilateral has , and , so it must be either an isosceles trapezoid or a parallelogram. But due to the slope of and , we see that it must be a parallelogram. Therefore, . But by the symmetry in rectangle , we see that . Therefore, . We also know that , hence .
As and , and as is right, we know that must be a 30-60-90 triangle. Therefore, and . But by similarity, is also a 30-60-90 triangle, hence . But , hence . As , this implies that . Thus the answer is .
Solution 6
Let ,
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,
, ,
Substitute into we get ,
, as ,
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