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Exercise 285
Quadrilateral $ABCD$ has right angles at $B$ and $C$, $\triangle ABC \sim \triangle BCD$, and $AB>BC$. There is a point $E$ in the interior of $ABCD$ such that $\triangle ABC\sim\triangle CEB$ and $[AED]=5[CEB]$. What is $\tfrac{AB}{BC}$?
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Solution
  1. Let $k=\frac{AB}{BC}>1$. The similarities give $\dfrac{[AED]}{[CEB]}=k^2-1+\dfrac1{k^2}$.
  2. With $[AED]=5[CEB]$, we get $k^2+\dfrac1{k^2}=6$, so $k+\dfrac1k=2\sqrt2$.
  3. The root with $k>1$ is $k=1+\sqrt2$.
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