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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

Solution
6 By Pythagoras, . Then , and so on, with , and thus .
Final answer
6
Techniques
Triangle trigonometryDistance chasing