In equilateral with side length , extend the stacked inscribed squares to an infinite number of squares.
Let be a side of the initial square(largest square) and the total area of all the squares.
If , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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1 − a 1 2 a 1 = tan ( 6 0 ∘ ) = 3 ⟹ a 1 = 2 + 3 3
and
a 1 − a 2 2 a 2 = tan ( 6 0 ∘ ) = 3 ⟹ a 2 = 2 + 3 3 a 1 = ( 2 + 3 3 ) 2
a 2 − a 3 2 a 3 = 3 ⟹ a 3 = 2 + 3 3 a 2 = ( 2 + 3 3 ) 3
In General for each positive integer n we have: a n = ( 2 + 3 3 ) n
⟹
S = ∑ n = 1 ∞ a n 2 = ( 2 + 3 3 ) 2 ( 2 2 + 3 ) =
2 3 ( 2 + 3 1 ) = 2 3 ( 2 + 3 3 ) =
2 3 a 1 = h e i g h t △ A B C ∗ a 1 ⟹ a 1 S = h e i g h t △ A B C = 2 3 = β α
⟹ α + β = 5 .