AHSME 1968 Problem 35
In this diagram the center of the circle is , the radius is inches, chord is parallel to chord . ,,, are collinear, and is the midpoint of . Let (sq. in.) represent the area of trapezoid and let (sq. in.) represent the area of rectangle Then, as and are translated upward so that increases toward the value , while always equals , the ratio becomes arbitrarily close to:
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\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}
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