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==Solution 2== | ==Solution 2== | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 30 July 2017
Solution 2
Let and
. By the Pythagorean Theorem,
. Let point
be on segment
such that
bisects
. Thus, angles
,
, and
are congruent. Applying the angle bisector theorem on
, we get that
and
. Pythagorean Theorem gives
.
Let . By the Pythagorean Theorem,
. Applying the angle bisector theorem again on triangle
, we have
The right side simplifies to
. Cross multiplying, squaring, and simplifying, we get a quadratic:
Solving this quadratic and taking the positive root gives
Finally, taking the desired ratio and canceling the roots gives
. The answer is
.
See also
1998 AHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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