2012 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 25
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A square with area 4 is inscribed in a square with area 5, with one vertex of the smaller square on each side of the larger square. A vertex of the smaller square divides a side of the larger square into two segments, one of length 
, and the other of length 
. What is the value of 
?
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