Real Analysis – How to Find the Side of the Square

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The problem I am proposing to solve was posed in a math contest for students of 17-18 years old, this month.

With the data in the picture, find the side of the square.

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I did find the solution but it involves a long way across calculating the combined length of the red segments (not drawn in the original problem) and minimizing it for points on the segment of length $1$. With the diagonal we can get the side. I think there is a better and quicker way to solve it. I bring it here, maybe somebody could find this solution.

Best Answer

It is just a simple pythagoras theorem. You find the diagonal of the square $=\sqrt {50}$
Therefore the side of the square is $=5$ enter image description here

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