2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 18
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A square in the coordinate plane has vertices whose -coordinates are , , , and . What is the area of the square?
Solution 1
Let the points be , , , and
Note that the difference in value of and is . By rotational symmetry of the square, the difference in value of and is also . Note that the difference in value of and is . We now know that , the side length of the square, is equal to , so the area is .
Solution 2
By translation, we can move the square with point at the origin. Then, . We will use the relationship among the 4 sides of being perpendicular and equal.
The slope of is .
Because is perpendicular to , the slope of . From the information above we could have the equation:
Because is perpendicular to , the slope of . From the information above we could have the equation:
Because
Note that the square with is just the reflection of square with over the origin. I will use .
Solution 3
In this solution, we will use the fact that the diagonals of a square bisect each other, they are perpendicular to each other, and they are equal in length.
Using the fact that the diagonals bisect each other, we get the equation:
Now we use the fact that the diagonals are perpendicular to each other:
Using the fact that the diagonals are equal in length, we get the equation:
Now we have 3 equations with 3 variables:
We substitute into the 2 other equations:
Now we have 2 equations of and :
This is the same equation as solution . So
Solution 4 (not rigorous)
Draw it out, by inspection the coordinates are , , , and . The side length is ~JH. L
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPQUrNE4RE
~ naren_pr
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