The rectangle stuck in the triangle

Geometry Level 2

A rectangle is inscribed in a triangle as given in the figure below.

What is the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of b b , h h and x x ? In other words, what is the function f ( x ) f(x) which gives an output equal to the perimeter of the inscribed rectangle when x x is plugged into it?

Note:

  1. The triangle looks isosceles in the figure but that isn't necessarily true. The question only gives us information about the length of the base and height of the triangle.
  2. x x is the length of those sides of the rectangle which are perpendicular to the base of the triangle.
2 b + 2 ( b h ) x 2b + 2\left(\frac{b}{h}\right)x 2 b + 2 ( 1 b h ) x 2b + 2\left(1-\frac{b}{h}\right)x 2 b + 2 ( h b ) x 2b + 2\left(\frac{h}{b}\right)x 2 b + 2 ( 1 h b ) x 2b + 2\left(1-\frac{h}{b}\right)x

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