The three triangles are all isoceles so
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and
The triangles
and
have lengths
and
and the angles are
and
so they are similar triangles. Taking the ratio of corresponding sides
:
So
and dividing by
gives the quadratic equation
which has the solutions
We don't want the negative root for such a ratio as it would make no sense. Hence
. Similarly
.
Triangles
and
are similar and the ratio of areas is the square of the ratio of corresponding sides. So area of
So if the area of triangle
is 2 the area of triangle
is and the area of triangle
is
.