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Let A B C D ABCD be a square. By A A which cuts B C BC in E E , D C DC in F F and B D BD in G G . If A G = 3 AG=3 and G F = 1 GF=1 , find the length of F E FE .


The answer is 8.

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3 solutions

The Adammz
Jul 9, 2015

First gif animation

Second gif animation

k = 3 k = 3

G E = 3 k = 3 ( 3 ) = 9 GE = 3k = 3(3) = 9

F E = 9 1 = 8 FE = 9 - 1 = 8

Very creative solution! Well done :)

Paola Ramírez - 5 years, 11 months ago
Paola Ramírez
Jul 8, 2015

By A A D G F E G A AA \triangle DGF \sim \triangle EGA \Rightarrow as A G G F = A B D F = 3 \frac{AG}{GF}=\frac{AB}{DF}=3 so A B = 3 D F F C = 2 D F AB=3DF\Rightarrow FC=2DF .

D F A C F E F C D F = 2 = F E 4 F E = 8 \triangle DFA \sim \triangle CFE \Rightarrow \frac{FC}{DF}=2=\frac{FE}{4}\therefore \boxed{FE=8}

I solve this by using my dumb imagination. I'll post my solution soon. (If I can make an animation. I know how to make them but not sure if it will work)

The AdamMZ - 5 years, 11 months ago
Nitin Jaitly
Jul 12, 2015

Lets give the various points their coordinates A(0,0) B(x,0) C(x,x) D(0,x) where x is side of square Let angle FAB be y then G(3 cosy,3 siny) F(4 cos y ,4 sin y) Let AE =r therfore E(r cos y,r siny) As G lies on line DB therefore slope of line DG = slope of GB (3 siny - x)/(3cosy-0) = (3 siny)/(3 cosy - x) ........... eq(1) F lies on DC hence y coordinate of F will be same as that of D and C hence 4 siny = x ........ eq(2) Also the x coordinate of E will be same as that of B and C r cosy= x ........ eq(3) using eq(2) and Eq(3) we get r = 4 tan y ........eq(4) using eq(1) and eq(2) we get,on eliminating x, tan y = 3 therefore r=12. r = AF + FE AF = 4 therefore FE = 8

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