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Polygons inscribed in a square

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina TST 2012 Problem 6

May 20, 2012
geometrycombinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

A unit square is divided into polygons, so that all sides of a polygon are parallel to sides of the given square. If the total length of the segments inside the square (without the square) is 2n2n (where nn is a positive real number), prove that there exists a polygon whose area is greater than 1(n+1)2\frac{1}{(n+1)^2}.