2004 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 20
Problem
Points and are located on square so that is equilateral. What is the ratio of the area of to that of ?
Solution
Since triangle is equilateral, , and and are congruent. Thus, triangle is an isosceles right triangle. So we let . Thus . If we go angle chasing, we find out that , thus . . Thus , or . Thus , and , and . Thus the ratio of the areas is
Solution 2 (Non-trig)
Without loss of generality let the side length of be 1. Let and . Then triangles and are clearly congruent by HL, so and . We find that , and so, by the Pythagorean Theorem, we have This yields , so . Thus, the desired ratio of areas is
See also
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