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by kop » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:16 am
An equilateral triangle ABC is inscribed in square ADEF, forming three right triangles: ADB, ACF and BEC. What is the ratio of the area of triangle BEC to that of triangle ADB?

A. 4/3
B. sqrt(3)
C. 2
D. 5/2
E. sqrt(5)

Please explain with diagram??

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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:10 pm
I posted a solution (with diagrams) here:

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