1998 AIME Problems/Problem 3
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The graph of partitions the plane into several regions. What is the area of the bounded region?
Solution
The equation given can be rewritten as:
We can split the equation into a piecewise equation by breaking up the absolute value:
Factoring the first one: (alternatively, it is also possible to complete the square)
Hence, either , or .
Similarily, for the second one, we get or . If we graph these four equations, we see that we get a parallelogram with base 20 and height 40. Hence the answer is .
Solution 2
The equation can be rewritten as: . Do casework as above.
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