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Geometry Level 3

A B C D ABCD is a square with side length 13.

Let E E and F F be the pointed located outside of the square A B C D ABCD such that A E = C F = 12 units AE = CF = 12\text{ units} and B E = D F = 5 units BE = DF = 5\text{ units} . Find ( E F ) 2 (EF)^2 .


The answer is 578.

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Ahmad Saad
Apr 16, 2017

Anirudh Sreekumar
Apr 22, 2017

Brilliant ! This is true intuition. I also solved this way before I posted the question here.

Aniruddha Bagchi - 4 years, 1 month ago

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