Equilateral has a side length of and the three inscribed squares have sides lengths and as shown above.
If the total area of all three squares can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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tan ( 6 0 ∘ ) = 3 = x a ⟹ x = 3 a
and
tan ( 6 0 ∘ ) = 3 = y 3 a ⟹ y = 3 a
⟹ 1 = 3 a + 6 a + 3 a ⟹ 2 ( 2 + 3 3 ) a = 3 ⟹
a = 2 ( 2 + 3 3 ) 3 = 2 ( 2 3 ) 3 ( 3 3 − 2 ) = 4 6 9 − 2 3
⟹ A = 1 4 a 2 = 1 4 ( 4 6 9 − 2 3 ) ) 2 = 1 0 5 8 2 1 ( 3 1 − 1 2 3 ) = e a ∗ ( b − c d )
⟹ a ∗ + b + c + d + e = 1 1 2 5 .