A geometry problem by Soham Chitnis

Geometry Level pending

Points B, D, and J are midpoints of the sides of right triangle ACG. Points K, E, I are midpoints of the sides of triangle JDG, etc. If the dividing and shading process is done 100 times (the first three are shown) and AC=CG=6 , then the total area of the shaded triangles is nearest

10 6 9 7 11

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1 solution

Soham Chitnis
Oct 17, 2017

9 2 + 9 8 + 9 32 + 9 128 + . . . \frac{9}{2} + \frac{9}{8} + \frac{9}{32} + \frac{9}{128} + ...

This is the sum of a geometric series with first term a = 9 2 a = \frac{9}{2} and common ratio r = 1 4 r = \frac{1}{4} .

The sum of an infinite geometric series with r < 1 |r|<1 is S = a 1 r = 9 2 1 1 4 = 9 2 4 3 = 6 S_{\infty} = \frac{a}{1 - r} = \frac{\frac{9}{2}}{1 - \frac{1}{4}} = \frac{9}{2}\cdot\frac{4}{3} = 6 , giving an answer of option A i.e 6

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