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geometry senior

Problem

In the figure, is a square of side length . The rectangles and are congruent. What is ?
problem
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let . Let . Because and , are all similar. Using proportions and the pythagorean theorem, we find Because we know that , we can set up a systems of equations and solving for , we get Now solving for , we get Plugging into the second equations with , we get
Final answer
C