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Square and Rectangle (Posted on 2019-07-04)

ABCD is a square with point E on BC. DEFG is a rectangle with point A on FG.

Let x=CE. Express area(ABCD)/area(DEFG) in terms of x.

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

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The area and x

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Suppose you double all of the sides. Then, x will double. Also, Area(ABCD) and Area(DEFG) will both multiply by 4, so Area(ABCD)/Area(DEFG) will be the same. Therefore, Area(ABCD)/Area(DEFG) cannot involve x. It seems that the ratio is always 1.

Edited on July 6, 2019, 8:42 pm

Posted by Math Man on 2019-07-05 12:29:19

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