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geometry intermediate

Problem

In rectangle , , is on , and and trisect . Write the perimeter of in simplest form as: , where are nonnegative integers. What is ?

problem
Solution
Both triangles and are 30-60-90 triangles. Thus and . Since , it follows that . Hence the perimeter of is . Converting this to our contrived notation gives .
Final answer
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