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Hexagon Hinder (Posted on 2016-02-12) Difficulty: 3 of 5
PQRSTU is a regular hexagon
A,B,C,D,E and F are the respective midpoints of sides PQ, QR, RS, ST, TU and UP.
PB, QC, RD, SE, TF and UA bound a smaller regular hexagon.
The ratio of the area of the smaller hexagon to the area of PQRSTU is equal to x/y, where x and y are relatively prime positive integers.

Determine x and y

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
x=3 and y=4

For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Jer in this location.

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsGeneral solutionJer2016-02-12 09:16:19
SolutionSimple solutionJer2016-02-12 09:02:01
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