A rectangle is divided into 25 smaller rectangles, the perimeters of 9 of which are known to us by the numbers in the figure (which is not drawn to scale).
What is the perimeter of the pink rectangle?
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Let the width of n th column (from left to right) be w n and the height of n th row (from top to bottom) be h n . Then the perimeter of the pink rectangle is p = 2 ( w 5 + h 5 ) .
Consider the orange and yellow rectangle of the 3rd column, we have:
{ 2 ( w 3 + h 4 ) = 4 5 2 ( w 3 + h 5 ) = 4 6 ⟹ w 3 + h 4 = 2 2 . 5 ⟹ w 3 + h 4 = 2 3 . . . ( 1 ) . . . ( 2 )
( 2 ) − ( 1 ) : ⟹ h 5 − h 4 = 0 . 5 ⟹ h 4 = h 5 − 0 . 5 . Similarly, column 1: h 3 = h 4 + 0 . 5 = h 5 , column 4: h 1 = h 3 + 0 . 5 = h 5 + 0 . 5 . Similar for row 2: w 2 = w 5 + 1
We note thatf for red ractangle
2 ( w 2 + h 1 ) 2 ( w 5 + 1 + h 5 + 0 . 5 ) 2 ( w 5 + h 5 ) + 3 ⟹ 2 ( w 5 + h 5 ) = 5 0 = 5 0 = 5 0 = 4 7
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The sum of the Xrectangles' perimeters is equal to the big rectangle's perimeter, since any two of them is in a different row and in a different column.
The sum of the Yrectangles' perimeters is equal to the big rectangle's perimeter, since any two of them is in a different row and in a different column.
So the perimeter of the big rectangle is 4 6 + 4 7 + 4 5 + 4 9 + 5 0 = 2 3 7 .
From that the perimeter of the pink rectangle is: 2 3 7 − ( 4 5 + 4 8 + 5 1 + 4 6 ) = 4 7