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2025 AMC 10BProblem 13P11-15~5 minPrint

The altitude to the hypotenuse of a 30609030{-}60{-}90^\circ right triangle is divided into two segments of lengths x<yx < y by the median to the shortest side of the triangle. What is the ratio xx+y\tfrac{x}{x+y} ?

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