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No laughing matter

Two squares share a vertex. Each square contains a coloured rectangle with extended side. What’s green : blue? By Matthew Arcus.

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Solution

Green : blue = 1 : 1.

Solution by yifs.

ΔABC~ΔEDC, BC:DC=AC:EC
ΔACF~ΔECG, AC:EC=CF:CG
∴BC:DC=CF:CG,
∴DC×CF=BC×CG
∴Green=Blue
∴Green:Blue=1:1

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