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South African Mathematics Olympiad

South Africa geometry

Problem

Points , , ... are constructed as follows: the length is , and the length ; then a right angle is constructed at to find , and so on as shown in the diagram. The length of is

problem
Solution
6 By Pythagoras, . Then , and so on, with , and thus .
Final answer
6

Techniques

Triangle trigonometryDistance chasing