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Drop perpendiculars from <math>E</math> and <math>F</math> to line <math>BC</math>; call the meeting points <math>P</math> and <math>Q</math>, respectively. <math>\triangle BEP</math> is clearly congruent to both <math>\triangle BED</math> and <math>\triangle FQC</math>, and thus each of these new triangles has the same area as <math>\triangle BED</math>. But we can "slide" <math>\triangle BEP</math> over to make it adjacent to <math>\triangle FQC</math>, thus creating an equilateral triangle whose area has a ratio of 18:8 when compared to <math>\triangle AEF</math> (based on our conclusion from the first paragraph). Since these triangles are both equilateral, they are similar, and since the area ratio 18:8 reduces to 9:4, the ratio of their sides must be 3:2. So, because <math>FC</math> and <math>AF</math> represent sides of these triangles, and they add to 840, <math>AF</math> must equal two-fifths of 840, or <math>\boxed{336}</math>. | Drop perpendiculars from <math>E</math> and <math>F</math> to line <math>BC</math>; call the meeting points <math>P</math> and <math>Q</math>, respectively. <math>\triangle BEP</math> is clearly congruent to both <math>\triangle BED</math> and <math>\triangle FQC</math>, and thus each of these new triangles has the same area as <math>\triangle BED</math>. But we can "slide" <math>\triangle BEP</math> over to make it adjacent to <math>\triangle FQC</math>, thus creating an equilateral triangle whose area has a ratio of 18:8 when compared to <math>\triangle AEF</math> (based on our conclusion from the first paragraph). Since these triangles are both equilateral, they are similar, and since the area ratio 18:8 reduces to 9:4, the ratio of their sides must be 3:2. So, because <math>FC</math> and <math>AF</math> represent sides of these triangles, and they add to 840, <math>AF</math> must equal two-fifths of 840, or <math>\boxed{336}</math>. | ||
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==Video Solution== | ==Video Solution== |
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Contents
Problem
Equilateral triangle has side length
. Point
lies on the same side of line
as
such that
. The line
through
parallel to line
intersects sides
and
at points
and
, respectively. Point
lies on
such that
is between
and
,
is isosceles, and the ratio of the area of
to the area of
is
. Find
.
Diagram
Solution 1 (Area Formulas for Triangles)
By angle-chasing, is a
triangle, and
is a
triangle.
Let It follows that
and
By the side-length ratios in
we have
and
Let the brackets denote areas. We have and
We set up and solve an equation for
Since
it is clear that
Therefore, we take the positive square root for both sides:
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 2
We express the areas of and
in terms of
in order to solve for
We let Because
is isosceles and
is equilateral,
Let the height of be
and the height of
be
Then we have that
and
Now we can find and
in terms of
Because we are given that
This allows us to use the sin formula for triangle area: the area of
is
Similarly, because
the area of
Now we can make an equation:
To make further calculations easier, we scale everything down by (while keeping the same variable names, so keep that in mind).
Thus Because we scaled down everything by
the actual value of
is
~JimY
Solution 3 (Pretty Straightforward)
So, If
is isosceles, it means that
.
Let
So,
In ,
, Hence
(because
)
Therefore,
So,
Now, as we know that the ratio of the areas of and
is
Substituting the values, we get
Hence,
. Solving this, we easily get
We have taken , Hence,
-Arnav Nigam
Solution 4 (Similar Triangles)
Since is isosceles,
, and since
is equilateral,
. Thus,
, and since these triangles share an altitude, they must have the same area.
Drop perpendiculars from and
to line
; call the meeting points
and
, respectively.
is clearly congruent to both
and
, and thus each of these new triangles has the same area as
. But we can "slide"
over to make it adjacent to
, thus creating an equilateral triangle whose area has a ratio of 18:8 when compared to
(based on our conclusion from the first paragraph). Since these triangles are both equilateral, they are similar, and since the area ratio 18:8 reduces to 9:4, the ratio of their sides must be 3:2. So, because
and
represent sides of these triangles, and they add to 840,
must equal two-fifths of 840, or
.
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol-Nl-t9X04
See also
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