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Revision as of 21:14, 9 November 2023
Problem
A square of area is inscribed in a square of area
, creating four congruent triangles, as shown below. What is the ratio of the shorter leg to the longer leg in the shaded right triangle?
<asy>
size(200);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.6pt)+fontsize(10pt));
real y = sqrt(3);
pair A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H;
A = (0,0);
B = (0,y);
C = (y,y);
D = (y,0);
E = ((y + 1)/2,y);
F = (y, (y - 1)/2);
G = ((y - 1)/2, 0);
H = (0,(y + 1)/2);
fill(H--B--E--cycle, gray);
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);
draw(E--F--G--H--cycle);
<asy>
Solution
Note that each side length is and
Let the shorter side of our triangle be
, thus the longer leg is
. Hence, by the Pythagorean Theorem, we have
.
By the quadratic formula, we find . Hence, our answer is
~SirAppel ~ItsMeNoobieboy
See Also
2023 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 10 |
Followed by Problem 12 | |
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 |
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