2008 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 21
Problem
A cube with side length is sliced by a plane that passes through two diagonally opposite vertices and and the midpoints and of two opposite edges not containing or , as shown. What is the area of quadrilateral ?
Solution
Since , it follows that is a rhombus. The area of the rhombus can be computed by the formula , where are the diagonals of the rhombus (or of a kite in general). has the same length as a face diagonal, or . is a space diagonal, with length . Thus .
See also
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