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== Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Triangle Ratio and Trapezoid Area) == | == Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Triangle Ratio and Trapezoid Area) == |
Revision as of 16:05, 23 July 2023
Contents
Problem
Let be an isoceles trapezoid having parallel bases
and
with
Line segments from a point inside
to the vertices divide the trapezoid into four triangles whose areas are
and
starting with the triangle with base
and moving clockwise as shown in the diagram below. What is the ratio
Solution
Without the loss of generality, let have vertices
,
,
, and
, with
and
. Also denote by
the point in the interior of
.
Let and
be the feet of the perpendiculars from
to
and
, respectively. Observe that
and
. Now using the formula for the area of a trapezoid yields
Thus, the ratio
satisfies
; solving yields
.
(Observe that the given areas of and
are irrelevant to the ratio
.)
Solution 2
Let be the bottom base,
be the top base,
be the height of the bottom triangle,
be the height of the top triangle.
Thus,
so
Let
so we get
This gives us a quadratic in
ie.
so
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Video Solution (🚀 Just 3 min 🚀)
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Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Triangle Ratio and Trapezoid Area)
~ pi_is_3.14
See Also
2021 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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