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[hide]Problem
Three unit squares and two line segments connecting two pairs of vertices are shown. What is the area of ?
Solution 1
intersects at a right angle, so . The hypotenuse of right triangle BED is .
Since AC=2BC, . is a right triangle so the area is just
Solution 2
Let be the origin. Then,
$\widebar{EB}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) can be represented by the line Also, can be represented by the line
Subtracting the second equation from the first gives us . Thus, . Plugging this into the first equation gives us .
Since , is ,
and .
Thus, . The answer is .
Solution 3
Triangle is similar to triangle ; line
Triangle is similar to triangle and the ratio of line to line .
Based on similarity the length of the height of is thus .
Thus, . The answer is
See Also
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