We meet at infinity

Geometry Level 3

1 ) 1) First we have a square with side sin ξ \sin { \xi } .

2 2 Then we join the midpoints of square to get another square.And this process continues forever.Means we join midpoints of squares and get new squares.

Sum of areas of all these square is equal to 3 2 \frac { 3 }{ 2 } .Then ξ = ? \xi =?

Details and assumptions:-

1 ) 1) 0 ° < ξ < 90 ° 0°<\xi <90° and ξ \xi is in degrees.

This problem is original.


The answer is 60.

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1 solution

Shivamani Patil
Jul 7, 2015

One can observe side of nth square can be given by formula sin ξ ( 2 ) n 1 \frac { \sin { \xi } }{ { \left( \sqrt { 2 } \right) }^{ n-1 } } which is very is easy to get.

Therefore area of nth square is given by ( sin ξ ( 2 ) n 1 ) 2 { \left( \frac { \sin { \xi } }{ { \left( \sqrt { 2 } \right) }^{ n-1 } } \right) }^{ 2 } .

Observe that sequence of areas of squares forms a GP with first term = a = sin 2 ξ =a=\sin ^{ 2 }{ \xi } .

common ratio = r = 1 2 =r=\frac { 1 }{ 2 } .

As r < 1 \left| r \right| <1 we can apply infinite GP sum formula.

Therefore sum of areas of all square = a 1 r = sin 2 ξ 1 1 2 = 2 sin 2 ξ =\frac { a }{ 1-r } =\frac { \sin ^{ 2 }{ \xi } }{ 1-\frac { 1 }{ 2 } } =2\sin ^{ 2 }{ \xi }

It is given that 2 sin 2 ξ = 3 2 2\sin ^{ 2 }{ \xi } =\frac { 3 }{ 2 }

sin ξ = 3 2 ξ = 60 ° \Rightarrow \sin { \xi } =\frac { \sqrt { 3 } }{ 2 } \Rightarrow \xi =60° .

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