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MATH / Rectangle ABCD has center O and AB/AD=k. A point is randomly chosen from the interior of rectangle ABCD. What is the probability that it is closer to O than to any of the four vert…

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Rectangle ABCDABCD has center OO and AB/AD=kAB/AD=k. A point is randomly chosen from the interior of rectangle ABCDABCD. What is the probability that it is closer to OO than to any of the four vertices? [asy] size(200); draw((-250,100)--(250,100)--(250,-100)--(-250,-100)--cycle); dot((0,0)); label("OO",(0,0),N); label("AA",(-250,100),NW); label("BB",(250,100),NE); label("CC",(250,-100),SE); label("DD",(-250,-100),SW);[/asy]
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Rectangle ABCD has center O and AB/AD=k. A point is randomly chosen from the interior of rectangle ABCD. What is the probability that it is closer to O than to any of the four vertices?  [asy]
size(200);
draw((-250,100)--(250,100)--(250,-100)--(-250,-100)--cycle);
dot((0,0));
label("O",(0,0),N);
label("A",(-250,100),NW); label("B",(250,100),NE); label("C",(250,-100),SE); label("D",(-250,-100),SW);[/asy]
Original LaTeX notation
Rectangle $ABCD$ has center $O$ and $AB/AD=k$. A point is randomly chosen from the interior of rectangle $ABCD$. What is the probability that it is closer to $O$ than to any of the four vertices?  [asy]
size(200);
draw((-250,100)--(250,100)--(250,-100)--(-250,-100)--cycle);
dot((0,0));
label("$O$",(0,0),N);
label("$A$",(-250,100),NW); label("$B$",(250,100),NE); label("$C$",(250,-100),SE); label("$D$",(-250,-100),SW);[/asy]

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