is a square. A point is placed on the side so that and the midpoint of the side is . Segments and have a common point .
If where and are positive coprime integers, Find .
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Solution:
If □ A B C D 's side's length is a , then points A , B , C and D are ( 0 , 0 ) , ( a , 0 ) , ( a , a ) and ( 0 , a ) , respectively. We will draw a segment F B , that is parallel to the A G and that the point F lies on side A D (on extension). A point H shall be the midpoint of the segment F B . Segments E H and A G have a common point T . According to Thales's theorem H E H T = B E B X . Point F ( 0 , − 4 a ) , therefore point H ( 2 a , − 8 a ) . Similarly, T ( 2 a , 8 a ) . Therefore, we will get that H T is 8 2 a and H E is 8 9 a . Then H E H T = B E B X = 9 2 .
The answer is 1 1 .