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Contents
[hide]Problem
Let and
be points on the coordinate plane. Let
be a convex equilateral hexagon such that
and the y-coordinates of its vertices are distinct elements of the set
The area of the hexagon can be written in the form
where
and
are positive integers and n is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
Solution 1
The y-coordinate of must be
. All other cases yield non-convex and/or degenerate hexagons, which violate the problem statement.
Letting , and knowing that
, we can use rewrite
using complex numbers:
. We solve for
and
and find that
and that
.
The area of the hexagon can then be found as the sum of the areas of two congruent triangles ( and
, with height
and base
) and a parallelogram (
, with height
and base
).
.
Thus, .
Solution 2
From this image, we can see that the y-coordinate of F is 4, and from this, we can gather that the coordinates of E, D, and C, respectively, are 8, 10, and 6.
Let the angle between the -axis and segment
be
, as shown above. Thus, as
, the angle between the
-axis and segment
is
, so
. Expanding, we have

Isolating we see that
, or
. Using the fact that
, we have
, or
. Letting the side length of the hexagon be
, we have
. After simplification we find that that
.
In particular, note that by the Pythagorean theorem, , hence
. Also, if
, then
, hence
and thus
. Using similar methods (or symmetry), we determine that
,
, and
. By the Shoelace theorem,
Hence the answer is .
Note
By symmetry the area of is twice the area of
. Therefore, you only need to calculate the coordinates of
,
, and
.
Solution 3
This is similar to solution 2 but faster and easier.
First off we see that the y coordinate of F must be 4, the y coordinate of E must be 8, the y coordinate of D must be 10, and the y coordinate of C must be 6 (from the parallel sides of the hexagon).
We then use the sine sum angle formula to find the x coordinate of B (lets call it ):
.
Now that we know
we can find the x coordinate of F in multiple ways, including using the cosine sum angle formula or using the fact that triangle AFE is isosceles and AE is on the y axis. Either way, we find that the x coordinate of F is
.
Now, divide ABCDEF into two congruent triangles and a parallelogram: AFE, BCD, and ABDE. The areas of AFE and BCD are each
. The area of ABDE is
.
The total area of the hexagon is
Solution 4 (No Trig)
First, we see that the y-coordinates of F, E, D, and C must be 4, 8, and 10, and 6, respectively, as in the previous solutions. We can draw a rectangle around the hexagon ABCDEF and use negative space to find the area of the hexagon. If we call the distance from the foot of the perpendiculars of B and F to A and
, respectively, and the distance from the bottom left vertex of the rectangle to the foot of the perpendicular from B
. This tells us that the area of the entire rectangle is
, since the opposite sides are parallel and thus the length of the rectangle is
. Then,
if we find the area of the extra triangles and subtract, we find that the area of hexagon ABCDEF as
. However, noticing that
, the area of ABCDEF can also be expressed as
. Now we just need to find
. Since
and
degrees,
. However, we can find AB by using the Pythagorean Theorem on either of the right triangles formed by dropping perpendiculars from B and F to the x-axis (let's call them ABX and AFY).
From triangle ABX we have that
, so
. Since AB=AF, we can also form the equation
.
We can also find BF by dropping a perpendicular from B to line FY and using the Pythagorean Theorem on the right triangle formed. This gives us
. Setting our two values of BF equal and substituting
as
and simplifying, we get the equation
. Now we can use the quadratic formula to get that
or
, so
. Plugging this value back into the equation
, we get that
. Now we get that
is
, so the area of the hexagon is
, so the answer is
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Video Solution by Sal Khan
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See also
2003 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 15 | |
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