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UKMT Senior Kangaroo, 2025

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it United Kingdom

Three squares are shown in the picture. The area of the smallest square is $9$ , and the area of the middle-sized square is $81$ . What is the area of the largest square?

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