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Find BE

Source: AHSME 1963 Problem 25

January 10, 2014
geometryAsymptoteAMC

Problem Statement

Point FF is taken in side ADAD of square ABCDABCD. At CC a perpendicular is drawn to CFCF, meeting ABAB extended at EE. The area of ABCDABCD is 256256 square inches and the area of triangle CEFCEF is 200200 square inches. Then the number of inches in BEBE is:
[asy] size(6cm); pair A = (0, 0), B = (1, 0), C = (1, 1), D = (0, 1), E = (1.3, 0), F = (0, 0.7); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(F--C--E--B); label("AA", A, SW); label("BB", B, S); label("CC", C, N); label("DD", D, NW); label("EE", E, SE); label("FF", F, W); //Credit to MSTang for the asymptote [/asy]

<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 12<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 14<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 15<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 16<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 20<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 12 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 14 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 15 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 16 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 20