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AMC 12 2012b Problem 21

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Square AXYZAXYZ is inscribed in equiangular hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF with XX on BC‾\overline{BC}, YY on DE‾\overline{DE}, and ZZ on EF‾\overline{EF}. Suppose that AB=40AB=40, and EF=41(3−1)EF=41(\sqrt{3}-1). What is the side-length of the square?

size(200);
defaultpen(linewidth(1));
pair A=origin,B=(2.5,0),C=B+2.5*dir(60), D=C+1.75*dir(120),E=D-(3.19,0),F=E-1.8*dir(60);
pair X=waypoint(B--C,0.345),Z=rotate(90,A)*X,Y=rotate(90,Z)*A;
draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--cycle);
draw(A--X--Y--Z--cycle,linewidth(0.9)+linetype("2 2"));
dot("AA",A,W,linewidth(4));
dot("BB",B,dir(0),linewidth(4));
dot("CC",C,dir(0),linewidth(4));
dot("DD",D,dir(20),linewidth(4));
dot("EE",E,dir(100),linewidth(4));
dot("FF",F,W,linewidth(4));
dot("XX",X,dir(0),linewidth(4));
dot("YY",Y,N,linewidth(4));
dot("ZZ",Z,W,linewidth(4));

\textbf{(A)}\ 29\sqrt{3} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{21}{2}\sqrt{2}+\frac{41}{2}\sqrt{3} \textbf{(C)}\ 20\sqrt{3}+16\textbf{(D)}\ 20\sqrt{2}+13\sqrt{3} \textbf{(E)}\ 21\sqrt{6}

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