2008 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 10
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Problem
Each of the sides of a square 
with area 
is bisected, and a smaller square 
is constructed using the bisection points as vertices. The same process is carried out on to construct an even smaller square 
. What is the area of ?
Solution 1
Since the area of the large square is , the side equals 
and if you bisect all of the sides, you get a square of side length 
thus making the area 
. If we repeat this process again, we notice that the area is just half that of the previous square, so the area of 
See also
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