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AMC 12 2010a Problem 3

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Rectangle ABCDABCD, pictured below, shares 50%50\% of its area with square EFGHEFGH. Square EFGHEFGH shares 20%20\% of its area with rectangle ABCDABCD. What is ABAD\frac{AB}{AD}?

unitsize(1mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt));

draw((0,0)--(0,25)--(25,25)--(25,0)--cycle);
fill((0,20)--(0,15)--(25,15)--(25,20)--cycle,gray);
draw((0,15)--(0,20)--(25,20)--(25,15)--cycle);
draw((25,15)--(25,20)--(50,20)--(50,15)--cycle);

label("AA",(0,20),W);
label("BB",(50,20),E);
label("CC",(50,15),E);
label("DD",(0,15),W);
label("EE",(0,25),NW);
label("FF",(25,25),NE);
label("GG",(25,0),SE);
label("HH",(0,0),SW);

\textbf{(A)}\ 4 \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \textbf{(D)}\ 8 \textbf{(E)}\ 10

Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.

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E

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