Three rectangles with overlapping configuration. Find unknown area

106 Views Asked by At

This was the question I attempted to answer. I am CalculatorUser and I tried my best to solve it, however, I couldn't and I need help.

Three 2 x 1 rectangles are arranged as shown. What fraction of the figure is golden?

Golden Triangles are what you are trying to solve for.

Go to the link if you want to see my attempt, I really tried hard, but there is no one to help..

https://web2.0calc.com/questions/help_32752

1

There are 1 best solutions below

4
On

enter image description here

Let the two segment lengths along the long side of the middle rectangle $a$ and $b$. Then,

$$a+b=2,\>\>\>\>\>1+a^2=b^2$$

where the hypotenuse of the golden triangle is $b$, due to the SAA-congruency of golden and grey triangles. Solve to obtain $a=\frac34$ and $b=\frac54$. Thus, the two golden areas sum up to $\frac{3}{4}$, which is $\frac{3}{8}$ of one rectangle.