and . The yellow region of uniform width has an area of . What is the perimeter of the smaller triangle
The triangle shown has side lengths of
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The area of the smaller triangle is 2 1 ( 2 4 ) ( 3 2 ) − 3 3 0 = 5 4 . Let x , y and z be the side lengths of the smaller triangle. Then, 5 4 = 2 1 x y or x y = 1 0 8 . Since the two triangle are similar we have 2 4 x = 3 2 0 y or x = 4 3 y . By substitution we get, 4 3 y ( y ) = 1 0 8 or y = 1 2 . It follows that x = 4 3 ( 1 2 ) = 9 . By pythagorean theorem, z = 1 2 2 + 9 2 = 1 5 . So the perimeter is 1 2 + 9 + 1 5 = 3 6 .