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Dutch Mathematical Olympiad

Netherlands geometry

Problem

In the left square, rectangle is drawn. In the right square, rectangle is drawn, where the sides and are parallel to the diagonal of the square. The sides of both squares have length . It turns out that the rectangles and have exactly the same dimensions.

problem


What is the length of ?
Solution
Final answer
6√2 - 6

Techniques

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