2010 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
Rectangle 
, pictured below, shares 
of its area with square 
. Square shares 
of its area with rectangle . What is 
?
![[asy] unitsize(1mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); draw((0,0)--(0,25)--(25,25)--(25,0)--cycle); fill((0,20)--(0,15)--(25,15)--(25,20)--cycle,gray); draw((0,15)--(0,20)--(25,20)--(25,15)--cycle); draw((25,15)--(25,20)--(50,20)--(50,15)--cycle); label("$A$",(0,20),W); label("$B$",(50,20),E); label("$C$",(50,15),E); label("$D$",(0,15),W); label("$E$",(0,25),NW); label("$F$",(25,25),NE); label("$G$",(25,0),SE); label("$H$",(0,0),SW); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/4/3/54371c10b04c0bcf5a86491a02c9b7ecf851cb2d.png)
Solution 1
If we shift 
to coincide with 
, and add new horizontal lines to divide into five equal parts:
![[asy] unitsize(1mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); draw((0,0)--(0,25)--(25,25)--(25,0)--cycle); fill((0,25)--(0,20)--(25,20)--(25,25)--cycle,gray); draw((25,20)--(25,25)--(50,25)--(50,20)--cycle); draw((0,5)--(25,5)); draw((0,10)--(25,10)); draw((0,15)--(25,15)); label("$A=E$",(0,25),W); label("$B$",(50,25),E); label("$C$",(50,20),E); label("$D$",(0,20),W); label("$F$",(25,25),NE); label("$G$",(25,0),SE); label("$H$",(0,0),SW); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/e/9/8e9999515009eee42667e0689b77caa28440a9c8.png)
This helps us to see that 
and 
, where 
.
Hence 
.
Solution 2
From the problem statement, we know that
![\[\frac{[ABCD]}{2} = \frac{[EFGH]}{5} \Rightarrow [ABCD]=\frac{2[EFGH]}{5}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/7/6/d76c6ad38a01763769238b0306774c16d1d1d473.png)
If we let 
and 
, we see
![\[[ABCD] = 2ab = \frac{2a^2}{5} \Rightarrow b = \frac{a}{5}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/c/e/aceb3160f827c957665aa7f2d0948d0113699ecf.png)
. Hence, 
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