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AMC 12 2014b Problem 21

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In the figure, ABCDABCD is a square of side length 11. The rectangles JKHGJKHG and EBCFEBCF are congruent. What is BEBE?

pair A=(1,0), B=(0,0), C=(0,1), D=(1,1), E=(2-sqrt(3),0), F=(2-sqrt(3),1), G=(1,sqrt(3)/2), H=(2.5-sqrt(3),1), J=(.5,0), K=(2-sqrt(3),1-sqrt(3)/2);
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);
draw(K--H--G--J--cycle);
draw(F--E);
label("AA",A,SE); label("BB",B,SW); label("CC",C,NW); label("DD",D,NE); label("EE",E,S); label("FF",F,N);
label("GG",G,E); label("HH",H,N); label("JJ",J,S); label("KK",K,W);

(A) 12(6−2)(B) 14(C) 2−3(D) 36(E) 1−22\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{2}(\sqrt{6}-2) \textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{4} \textbf{(C) }2-\sqrt{3} \textbf{(D) }\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6} \textbf{(E) } 1-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}

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