Equilateral triangle in a square
Level
2
ABCD is a square and AB=1. Equilateral triangles AYB and CXD are drawn such that X and Y are inside the square. What is length of XY?
The answer is 0.732.
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1 solution
XY = 1-(2(1-sin60)) = 0.732