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2017 AMC 10A Question 21

AMC10 · 2017 AMC 10A

Question 21

A square with side length $x$ is inscribed in a right triangle with sides of length $3,$ $4,$ and $5$ so that one vertex of the square coincides with the right-angle vertex of the triangle. A square with side length $y$ is inscribed in another right triangle with sides of length $3,$ $4,$ and $5$ so that one side of the square lies on the hypotenuse of the triangle. What is $\dfrac{x}{y}?$
  1. $\dfrac{12}{13}$
  2. $\dfrac{35}{37}$
  3. $1$
  4. $\dfrac{37}{35}$
  5. $\dfrac{13}{12}$