2024 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 11
- The following problem is from both the 2024 AMC 10B #11 and 2024 AMC 12B #7, so both problems redirect to this page.
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In the figure below is a rectangle with and . Point lies , point lies on , and is a right angle. The areas of and are equal. What is the area of ?
Note: On certain tests that took place in China, the problem asked for the area of .
Solution 1
We know that , , so and . Since , triangles and are similar. Therefore, , which gives . We also know that the areas of triangles and are equal, so , which implies . Substituting this into the previous equation, we get , yielding and . Thus,
Solution 2
Let , , , , a=1, b=2 ,
~luckuso ~minor edits by EaZ_Shadow
Solution 3 (Pythagorean Theorem)
Assign ZA as , then AY as . Assign XM as and MY as . Since triangles WXM and WZA are together, we can say , so . Then therefore, XM is and MY has length . We can use the Pythagorean theorem to find WM, which is actually . We don't factor it yet - we are going to find again using the Pythagorean Theorem. Similarly, finding MA is just the square root of the squares of AY and MY individually, or . Then simply, WA is really .
Now we have the three sides of the right triangle: , , and . Per the Pythagorean theorem again, we can see . Combining like terms gives us , then dividing by 8 gives . As this elementary and well-known quadratic gives us the roots of and , we can see it is a bit weird to have , as then point Z is point A. So we'll assume . We have two legs of the triangle by plugging in the sides with x in them, given that : and . We should know that , and Dividing by 2 reveals us our answer:
~pepper2831
Solution 4 (Similar Triangles)
We are given , . △ WXM and △ MYA have equal area, so let and . and . From this, we can conclude that
Since intersects parallel lines and , . , so . Thus, and △ WXM ~ △ MYA due to AA Similarity.
Corresponding sides of similar triangles are proportional, so or . It is clear that , and . Now, all we have to do is subtract the area of the rectangle by each of the three triangles.
△ WMA = · - ( · · ) - ( · · ) - ( · · )
△ WMA =
△ WMA =
~peeghj
China Test Solution (Finding MAY)
From solution 3, instead of finding , we instead find MAY. Then then we have . Again, since , then The area of a triangle with legs and is .
~pepper2831 (again)
Video Solution 1 by Pi Academy (Fast and Easy ⚡🚀)
https://youtu.be/YqKmvSR1Ckk?feature=shared
~ Pi Academy
Video Solution 2 by SpreadTheMathLove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24EZaeAThuE
See also
2024 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 10 |
Followed by Problem 12 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2024 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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