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AMC 12 2025b Problem 10

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The altitude to the hypotenuse of a 30−60−90∘30{-}60{-}90^\circ is divided into two segments of lengths x<yx<y by the median to the shortest side of the triangle. What is the ratio xx+y\tfrac{x}{x+y}?

(A) 37(B) 34(C) 49(D) 511(E) 4315\textbf{(A) } \dfrac{3}{7} \textbf{(B) } \dfrac{\sqrt3}{4} \textbf{(C) } \dfrac{4}{9} \textbf{(D) } \dfrac{5}{11} \textbf{(E) } \dfrac{4\sqrt3}{15}

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