is a regular pentagon of side length . is a square of side length that is inscribed in the pentagon as shown in the figure above, with parallel to . If the ratio of to is , then find .
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For simplicity, let a = 1 . Then, the length of all diagonals of the regular pentagon is the golden ratio φ = 2 1 + 5 . If we extend the sides A B and D C of the pentagon, a golden triangle is formed, △ N B C .
The length of the base of this triangle is B C = 1 , hence its other two sides have length N B = N C = φ .
E N is an axis of symmetry of the compound shape, thus, M is the midpoint of B C and ∠ M = 9 0 ∘ .
By Pythagorean theorem, on △ E M B and △ N M B , we get E M = N M = φ 2 − 4 1 ⇒ E N = 2 φ 2 − 4 1 = 4 φ 2 − 1 Finally, triangles △ E L K and △ E A D are similar, as well as △ A L I and △ A E N , hence,
φ b = A D L K = E A E L = E A E A − A L = 1 − E A A L = 1 − E N b = 1 − 4 φ 2 − 1 b ⇒ φ b + 4 φ 2 − 1 b = 1 ⇒ b = φ 1 + 4 φ 2 − 1 1 1 ⇒ b ≈ 1 . 0 6 0 4 9 7 4 For the answer,
⌊ 1 0 5 r ⌋ = ⌊ 1 0 5 1 b ⌋ = 1 0 6 0 4 9 .