26 of it!

Geometry Level 3

The right-angled triangle A B C ABC has area 2016 cm 2 2016\text{ cm}^2 .

Lines A I , I F , I E , E H , H D AI, IF, IE, EH, HD and D G DG divide the large triangle into seven smaller triangles of equal area.

IF triangle B I E BIE is an isosceles triangle, find the length of B G BG in centimetres.


The answer is 18.

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Ahmad Saad
Aug 4, 2016

Lim Li Yen
Aug 3, 2016

This was AMC 2016 Intermediate Q26.

Sharky Kesa - 4 years, 10 months ago

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