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geometry senior
Problem
Let be a right-angled triangle with . Let and be the midpoints of legs and , respectively. Given that and , find .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let , . By the Pythagorean Theorem on respectively, Summing these gives . By the Pythagorean Theorem again, we have Alternatively, we could note that since we found , segment . Right triangles and are similar by Leg-Leg with a ratio of , so
Final answer
B