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Problem 22

Point $E$ is the midpoint of side $\overline{CD}$ in square $ABCD,$ and $\overline{BE}$ meets diagonal $\overline{AC}$ at $F.$ The area of quadrilateral $AFED$ is $45.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$

$[asy] size(5cm); draw((0,0)--(6,0)--(6,6)--(0,6)--cycle); draw((0,6)--(6,0)); draw((3,0)--(6,6)); label("$A$",(0,6),NW); label("$B$",(6,6),NE); label("$C$",(6,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(3,0),S); label("$F$",(4,2),E); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) } 100 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 135 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$

Solution 1

Let the area of $\triangle CEF$ be $x$ . Thus, the area of triangle $\triangle ACD$ is $45+x$ and the area of the square is $2(45+x) = 90+2x$ .

By AAA similarity, $\triangle CEF \sim \triangle ABF$ with a 1:2 ratio, so the area of triangle $\triangle ABF$ is $4x$ . Now consider trapezoid $ABED$ . Its area is $45+4x$ , which is three-fourths the area of the square. We set up an equation in $x$ :

$45+4x = \frac{3}{4}\left(90+2x\right)$ Solving, we get $x = 9$ . The area of square $ABCD$ is $90+2x = 90 + 2 \cdot 9 = \boxed{\textbf{(B)} 108}$ . -scrabbler94

Solution 1.5

We notice some similar triangles. This is good, but you want to know the ratios in order to begin using them. Say that 45 is the area of half the triangle subtracted by $a$ , so then the area of the whole square would be $90+2a$ .

Solution 2

We can use analytic geometry for this problem.

Let us start by giving $D$ the coordinate $(0,0)$ , $A$ the coordinate $(0,1)$ , and so forth. $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{EB}$ can be represented by the equations $y=-x+1$ and $y=2x-1$ , respectively. Solving for their intersection gives point $F$ coordinates $\left(\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{3}\right)$ .

Now, $\triangle$ $EFC$ ’s area is simply $\frac{\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{3}}{2}$ or $\frac{1}{12}$ . This means that pentagon $ABCEF$ ’s area is $\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{12}=\frac{7}{12}$ of the entire square, and it follows that quadrilateral $AFED$ ’s area is $\frac{5}{12}$ of the square.

The area of the square is then $\frac{45}{\frac{5}{12}}=9\cdot12=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}108}$ .

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 ==Solution 1.5==
-We notice some similar triangles.
+We notice some similar triangles. This is good, but you want to know the ratios in order to begin using them. Say that 45 is the area of half the triangle subtracted by <math>a</math>, so then the area of the whole square would be <math>90+2a</math>.
 ==Solution 2==

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