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Revision as of 14:30, 8 February 2014
Problem
Three congruent isosceles triangles are constructed with their bases on the sides of an equilateral triangle of side length 
. The sum of the areas of the three isosceles triangles is the same as the area of the equilateral triangle. What is the length of one of the two congruent sides of one of the isosceles triangles?
Solution
Reflect each of the triangles over its respective side. Then since the areas of the triangles total to the area of the equilateral triangle, it can be seen that the triangles fill up the equilateral one and the vertices of these triangles concur at the circumcenter of the equilateral triangle. Hence the desired answer is just its circumradius, or 
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(Solution by djmathman)
See Also
| 2014 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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