Geometry · Right triangles · Inscribed squares · Similar triangles · Pythagorean theorem
Problem 5, 2018
Three squares are inscribed in a right triangle \(ABC\) with the right angle at \(B\), arranged as in the picture: the largest one has two sides lying on the legs of the triangle, and each of the two smaller ones is wedged between the largest square and a leg. Every one of the three squares has a vertex on the hypotenuse \(AC\). The two smaller squares have sides of length \(3\) and \(4\). Compute the length of \(AC\).
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Slovenian High School Mathematics Competition for Vega Awards (MaSSA), drzavno (national) round 2018, 1. letnik, category A, problem B2. Organized by DMFA Slovenije (Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia). Source