Putnam 2018 A6
- Session A
Suppose that and are distinct points, no three of which lie on a line, in the Euclidean plane. Show that if the squares of the lengths of the line segments , , , , , and are rational numbers, then the quotient is a rational number.
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Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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