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Revision as of 11:51, 4 July 2013
- The following problem is from both the 2009 AMC 10B #4 and 2009 AMC 12B #4, so both problems redirect to this page.
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?
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Solution
Each triangle has leg length 
meters and area 
square meters. Thus the flower beds have a total area of 25 square meters. The entire yard has length 25 m and width 5 m, so its area is 125 square meters. The fraction of the yard occupied by the flower beds is 
. The answer is 
.
See also
| 2009 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
| 2009 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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