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==Solution== | ==Solution== |
Revision as of 10:50, 13 August 2014
Problem
A triangle with vertices ,
, and
is reflected about the line
to create a second triangle. What is the area of the union of the two triangles?
Solution
Let be at
, B be at
, and
be at
. Reflecting over the line
, we see that
,
(as the x-coordinate of B is 8), and
.
We see that if we connect to
, we get a line of length
(between
and
). The area of
is equal to
.
Now, let the point of intersection between and
be
. If we can just find the area of
and subtract it from 16, we are done.
We realize that because the diagram is symmetric over , the intersection of lines
and
should intersect at an x-coordinate of
. We know that the slope of
is
. Thus, we can represent the line going through
and
as
. Plugging in
, we find that the y-coordinate of F is
. Thus, the height of
is
. Using the formula for the area of a triangle, the area of
is
.
To get our final answer, we must subtract this from .
See Also
2013 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 17 | |
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