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Looking, we see that the area of <math>[\triangle EBA]</math> is 16 and the area of <math>[\triangle ABC]</math> is 12. Set the area of <math>[\triangle ADB]</math> to be x. We want to find <math>[\triangle ADE]</math> - <math>[\triangle CDB]</math>. So, that would be <math>[\triangle EBA]-[\triangle ADB]=16-x</math> and <math>[\triangle ABC]-[\triangle ADB]=12-x</math>. Therefore, <math>[\triangle ADE]-[\triangle DBC]=(16-x)-(12-x)=16-x-12+x= \boxed{\mathrm{(B)}\ 4}</math> | Looking, we see that the area of <math>[\triangle EBA]</math> is 16 and the area of <math>[\triangle ABC]</math> is 12. Set the area of <math>[\triangle ADB]</math> to be x. We want to find <math>[\triangle ADE]</math> - <math>[\triangle CDB]</math>. So, that would be <math>[\triangle EBA]-[\triangle ADB]=16-x</math> and <math>[\triangle ABC]-[\triangle ADB]=12-x</math>. Therefore, <math>[\triangle ADE]-[\triangle DBC]=(16-x)-(12-x)=16-x-12+x= \boxed{\mathrm{(B)}\ 4}</math> | ||
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- The following problem is from both the 2004 AMC 12A #8 and 2004 AMC 10A #9, so both problems redirect to this page.
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[hide]Problem
In the overlapping triangles and sharing common side , and are right angles, , , , and and intersect at . What is the difference between the areas of and ?
Solutions
Solution 1
Looking, we see that the area of is 16 and the area of is 12. Set the area of to be x. We want to find - . So, that would be and . Therefore,
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Solution 1
Since and , . By alternate interior angles and , we find that , with side length ratio . Their heights also have the same ratio, and since the two heights add up to , we have that and . Subtracting the areas, .
Solution 2
Let represent the area of figure . Note that and .
Solution 3 (coordbash)
Put figure on a graph. goes from (0, 0) to (4, 6) and goes from (4, 0) to (0, 8). is on line . is on line . Finding intersection between these points,
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This gives us the x-coordinate of D. So, is the height of , then area of is
Now, the height of is And the area of is
This gives us
Therefore, the difference is
Solution 4
We want to figure out . Notice that and "intersect" and form .
This means that because cancels out, which can be seen easily in the diagram.
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See also
2004 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 7 |
Followed by Problem 9 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
2004 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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