2. is a square. is a rhombus with , and collinear. Find .
Solution
SolUtion
Let be the foot of the perpendicular from to and let be the foot of the perpendicular from to .
Let have length 2 .
The length of is 1 because it is half the diagonal , which is the same as . This is also the same length of because is a rectangle.
Triangle is half of an equilateral triangle (since ), so .
Since .
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