document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1191231>Question 1191231</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A square with a side length of 2s has a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "smaller square inscribed. The vertices of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "smaller square are at the midpoints of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sides of the larger square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the ratio of the area of the larger square to the area of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the smaller square? Express your answer in<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Connect the opposite vertices of the small square by its diagonals.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonals and the sides of the small square will divide the large square in 8 congruent triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From this sketch, without writing any equations, you may conclude that the area of the smaller square\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is half the area of the larger square.\r<BR>\n" );
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