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+ | ==Solution 5 (Similarity)== | ||
+ | <asy> | ||
+ | import graph; | ||
+ | size(9cm); | ||
+ | pen dps = fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); | ||
+ | pair D = (0,0); | ||
+ | pair F = (1/2,0); | ||
+ | pair C = (1,0); | ||
+ | pair G = (0,1); | ||
+ | pair E = (1,1); | ||
+ | pair A = (0,2); | ||
+ | pair B = (1,2); | ||
+ | pair H = (1/2,1); | ||
+ | |||
+ | // do not look | ||
+ | pair X = (1/3,2/3); | ||
+ | pair Y = (2/3,2/3); | ||
+ | |||
+ | draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); | ||
+ | draw(G--E); | ||
+ | draw(A--F--B); | ||
+ | draw(D--H--C); | ||
+ | filldraw(H--X--F--Y--cycle,grey); | ||
+ | |||
+ | label("$A$",A,NW); | ||
+ | label("$B$",B,NE); | ||
+ | label("$C$",C,SE); | ||
+ | label("$D$",D,SW); | ||
+ | label("$E$",E,E); | ||
+ | label("$F$",F,S); | ||
+ | label("$G$",G,W); | ||
+ | label("$H$",H,N); | ||
+ | |||
+ | label("$\frac12$",(0.25,0),S); | ||
+ | label("$\frac12$",(0.75,0),S); | ||
+ | label("$1$",(1,0.5),E); | ||
+ | label("$1$",(1,1.5),E); | ||
+ | </asy> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The area of the shaded area is the area of <math>\triangle DHC</math> minus the two triangles on the side. | ||
+ | Extend <math>\overline{DH}</math> so that it hits point <math>B</math>. Call the intersection of <math>\overline{AF}</math> and <math>\overline{DB}</math> point <math>P</math>. <cmath>\triangle APB \sim \triangle FPD</cmath> | ||
+ | Drop altitudes from <math>P</math> down to <math>\overline{DF}</math> and <math>\overline{AB}</math>; call the intersection points <math>L</math> and <math>M</math> respectively. | ||
+ | <cmath>\frac{DF}{AB}=\frac{LP}{PM}=\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{1}=\frac{1}{2}</cmath> | ||
+ | <cmath>LP=\frac{1}{3}\cdot LM=\frac{2}{3}</cmath> | ||
+ | Thus the two triangles on the side have area <math>\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{2}{2} \cdot \frac {1}{3} = \frac{1}{6}</math>. Since there are two, their total area is <math>2 \cdot \frac{1}{6} = \frac{1}{3}</math>. The area of <math>\triangle DHC</math> is <math>\frac{1}{2} \cdot 1 \cdot 1=\frac{1}{2}</math>. The shaded region is <math>\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{6}</math> which is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(E)} \frac{1}{6}}</math>. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ~JH. L | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 03:04, 20 June 2022
Contents
[hide]Problem
In rectangle ,
,
, and points
,
, and
are midpoints of
,
, and
, respectively. Point
is the midpoint of
. What is the area of the shaded region?
Solution 1
Denote . Then
. Let the intersection of
and
be
, and the intersection of
and
be
. Then we want to find the coordinates of
so we can find
. From our points, the slope of
is
, and its
-intercept is just
. Thus the equation for
is
. We can also quickly find that the equation of
is
. Setting the equations equal, we have
. Because of symmetry, we can see that the distance from
to
is also
, so
. Now the area of the kite is simply the product of the two diagonals over
. Since the length
, our answer is
.
Solution 2
Let the area of the shaded region be . Let the other two vertices of the kite be
and
with
closer to
than
. Note that
. The area of
is
and the area of
is
. We will solve for the areas of
and
in terms of x by noting that the area of each triangle is the length of the perpendicular from
to
and
to
respectively. Because the area of
=
based on the area of a kite formula,
for diagonals of length
and
,
. So each perpendicular is length
. So taking our numbers and plugging them into
gives us
Solving this equation for
gives us
Solution 3
From the diagram in Solution 1, let be the height of
and
be the height of
. It is clear that their sum is
as they are parallel to
. Let
be the ratio of the sides of the similar triangles
and
, which are similar because
is parallel to
and the triangles share angle
. Then
, as 2 is the height of
. Since
and
are similar for the same reasons as
and
, the height of
will be equal to the base, like in
, making
. However,
is also the base of
, so
where
so
. Subbing into
gives a system of linear equations,
and
. Solving yields
and
, and since the area of the kite is simply the product of the two diagonals over
and
, our answer is
.
Solution 4
Let the unmarked vertices of the shaded area be labeled and
, with
being closer to
than
. Noting that kite
can be split into triangles
and
.
Lemma: The distance from line segment to
is half the distance from
to
Proof: Drop perpendiculars of triangles and
to line
, and let the point of intersection be
. Note that
and
are similar to
and
, respectively. Now, the ratio of
to
is
, which shows that the ratio of
to
is
, because of similar triangles as described above. Similarly, the ratio of
to
is
. Since these two triangles contain the same base,
, the ratio of
.
Because kite is orthodiagonal, we multiply
~Lemma proof by sakshamsethi
Solution 5 (Similarity)
The area of the shaded area is the area of minus the two triangles on the side.
Extend
so that it hits point
. Call the intersection of
and
point
.
Drop altitudes from
down to
and
; call the intersection points
and
respectively.
Thus the two triangles on the side have area
. Since there are two, their total area is
. The area of
is
. The shaded region is
which is
.
~JH. L
See Also
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