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Geometry Level 3

Square ABCD has sides of length 1. Points E and F are on B C \overline{BC} and C D \overline{CD} , respectively, so that A E F \triangle AEF is equilateral. A square with vertex B has sides that are parallel to those of ABCD and a vertex on A E \overline{AE} . The length of a side of this smaller square is a b c \dfrac{a-\sqrt{b}}{c} , where a , b a,b , and c c are positive integers and b b is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 12.

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2 solutions

Rudresh Tomar
Feb 2, 2015

It is possible to use similar triangles to solve this problem.

Baby Googa - 6 years, 3 months ago

where x is the side of the small square.

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