2022 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 10
Problem
Regular hexagon has side length . Let be the midpoint of , and let be the midpoint of . What is the perimeter of ?
Solution
Consider triangle . = 1 and = 2. because it is an interior angle of a regular hexagon. By the Law of Cosines, we have:
By SAS Congruence, triangles , , , and are congruent, and by CPCTC, quadrilateral is a rhombus. Therefore, its perimeter is .
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