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− | <math>\triangle{ADE} \sim \triangle{ABC} \sim \triangle{EFB}</math>. We can substitute <math>\overline{DA}</math> as <math>\frac{1}{3}x</math> and <math>\overline{CD}</math> as <math>\frac{2}{3}x</math>, where <math>x</math> is <math>\overline{AC}</math>. Side <math>\overline{CB}</math> having, distance <math>y</math>, has <math>2</math> parts also. And <math>\overline{CF}</math> and <math>\overline{FB}</math> are <math>\frac{1}{3}y</math> and <math>\frac{2}{3}y</math> respectfully. You can consider the height of <math>\triangle{ADE}</math> and <math>\triangle{EFB}</math> as <math>z</math> and <math>2z</math> respectfully. The area of <math>\triangle{ADE}</math> is <math>\frac{1\cdot z}{2}=0.5z</math> because the area formula for a triangle is <math>\frac{1}{2}bh</math> or <math>\frac{bh}{2}</math>. The area of <math>\triangle{EFB}</math> will be <math>\frac{2\cdot 2z}{2}=2z</math>. So the area of <math>\triangle{ABC}</math> will be <math>\frac{3\cdot (2z+z)}{2}=\frac{3\cdot 3z}{2}=\frac{9z}{2}=4.5z</math>. The area of parallelogram <math>CDEF</math> will be <math>4.5z-(0.5z+2z)=4.5z-2.5z=2z</math>. Parallelogram <math>CDEF</math> to <math>\triangle{ABC}= \frac{2z}{4.5z}=\frac{2}{4.5}=\frac{4}{9}</math>. The answer is <math>\boxed{(A) \frac{4}{9}}</math> | + | <math>\triangle{ADE} \sim \triangle{ABC} \sim \triangle{EFB}</math>. We can substitute <math>\overline{DA}</math> as <math>\frac{1}{3}x</math> and <math>\overline{CD}</math> as <math>\frac{2}{3}x</math>, where <math>x</math> is <math>\overline{AC}</math>. Side <math>\overline{CB}</math> having, distance <math>y</math>, has <math>2</math> parts also. And <math>\overline{CF}</math> and <math>\overline{FB}</math> are <math>\frac{1}{3}y</math> and <math>\frac{2}{3}y</math> respectfully. You can consider the height of <math>\triangle{ADE}</math> and <math>\triangle{EFB}</math> as <math>z</math> and <math>2z</math> respectfully. The area of <math>\triangle{ADE}</math> is <math>\frac{1\cdot z}{2}=0.5z</math> because the area formula for a triangle is <math>\frac{1}{2}bh</math> or <math>\frac{bh}{2}</math>. The area of <math>\triangle{EFB}</math> will be <math>\frac{2\cdot 2z}{2}=2z</math>. So the area of <math>\triangle{ABC}</math> will be <math>\frac{3\cdot (2z+z)}{2}=\frac{3\cdot 3z}{2}=\frac{9z}{2}=4.5z</math>. The area of parallelogram <math>CDEF</math> will be <math>4.5z-(0.5z+2z)=4.5z-2.5z=2z</math>. Parallelogram <math>CDEF</math> to <math>\triangle{ABC}= \frac{2z}{4.5z}=\frac{2}{4.5}=\frac{4}{9}</math>. The answer is <math>\boxed{(A) \frac{4}{9}}</math> |
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 21:04, 8 November 2019
Problem 20
In a point
is on
with
and
Point
is on
so that
and point
is on
so that
What is the ratio of the area of
to the area of
Solution 1
By similar triangles, we have . Similarly, we see that
Using this information, we get
Then, since
, it follows that the
. Thus, the answer would be
.
Sidenote: denotes the area of triangle
. Similarly,
denotes the area of figure
.
Solution 2
We can extend it into a parallelogram, so it would equal . The smaller parallelogram is 1 a times 2 b. The smaller parallelogram is
of the larger parallelogram, so the answer would be
, since the triangle is
of the parallelogram, so the answer is
.
By babyzombievillager
Solution 3
. We can substitute
as
and
as
, where
is
. Side
having, distance
, has
parts also. And
and
are
and
respectfully. You can consider the height of
and
as
and
respectfully. The area of
is
because the area formula for a triangle is
or
. The area of
will be
. So the area of
will be
. The area of parallelogram
will be
. Parallelogram
to
. The answer is
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