Difference between revisions of "2002 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 15"

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== Problem ==
== Problem 15 ==
 
  
  
 
Which of the following polygons has the largest area?
 
Which of the following polygons has the largest area?
 
  
 
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<math> \textbf{(A)}\text{A}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{B}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{C}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{D}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{E} </math>
 
<math> \textbf{(A)}\text{A}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{B}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{C}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{D}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{E} </math>
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==Solution==
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Each polygon can be partitioned into unit squares and right triangles with sidelength <math>1</math>. Count the number of boxes enclosed by each polygon, with the unit square being <math>1</math>, and the triangle being being <math>.5</math>. A has 5, B has 5, C has 5, D has 4.5, and E has 5.5. Therefore, the polygon with the largest area is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(E)}\ \text{E}}</math>.
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==See Also==
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{{AMC8 box|year=2002|num-b=14|num-a=16}}

Revision as of 18:47, 23 December 2012

Problem

Which of the following polygons has the largest area?

[asy] size(330); int i,j,k; for(i=0;i<5; i=i+1) { for(j=0;j<5;j=j+1) { for(k=0;k<5;k=k+1) { dot((6i+j, k)); }}} draw((0,0)--(4,0)--(3,1)--(3,3)--(2,3)--(2,1)--(1,1)--cycle); draw(shift(6,0)*((0,0)--(4,0)--(4,1)--(3,1)--(3,2)--(2,1)--(1,1)--(0,2)--cycle)); draw(shift(12,0)*((0,1)--(1,0)--(3,2)--(3,3)--(1,1)--(1,3)--(0,4)--cycle)); draw(shift(18,0)*((0,1)--(2,1)--(3,0)--(3,3)--(2,2)--(1,3)--(1,2)--(0,2)--cycle)); draw(shift(24,0)*((1,0)--(2,1)--(2,3)--(3,2)--(3,4)--(0,4)--(1,3)--cycle)); label("$A$", (0*6+2, 0), S); label("$B$", (1*6+2, 0), S); label("$C$", (2*6+2, 0), S); label("$D$", (3*6+2, 0), S); label("$E$", (4*6+2, 0), S);[/asy]

Which of the following polygons has the largest area?

$\textbf{(A)}\text{A}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{B}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{C}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{D}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{E}$

Solution

Each polygon can be partitioned into unit squares and right triangles with sidelength $1$. Count the number of boxes enclosed by each polygon, with the unit square being $1$, and the triangle being being $.5$. A has 5, B has 5, C has 5, D has 4.5, and E has 5.5. Therefore, the polygon with the largest area is $\boxed{\textbf{(E)}\ \text{E}}$.

See Also

2002 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 14
Followed by
Problem 16
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