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The diagonals of the rhombus perpendicularly bisect each other. Call half of diagonal BD a and half of diagonal AC b. The length of the four sides of the rhombus is <math>\sqrt{a^2+b^2}</math>. The area of any triangle can be expressed as the abc/4R, where a,b, and c are the sides and R is the circumradius. Thus, the area of triangle ABD is <math>ab=2a(a^2+b^2)/(4\cdot12.5)</math>. Also, the area of triangle ABC is <math>ab=2b(a^2+b^2)/(4\cdot25)</math>. Setting these two expressions equal to each other and simplifying gives b=2a. Substitution yields a=10 and b=20, so the area of the rhombus is <math>20\cdot40/2=400</math>.
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The diagonals of the rhombus perpendicularly bisect each other. Call half of diagonal BD a and half of diagonal AC b. The length of the four sides of the rhombus is <math>\sqrt{a^2+b^2}</math>. The area of any triangle can be expressed as <math>a\cdot b\cdot c/4R</math>, where a, b, and c are the sides and R is the circumradius. Thus, the area of triangle ABD is <math>ab=2a(a^2+b^2)/(4\cdot12.5)</math>. Also, the area of triangle ABC is <math>ab=2b(a^2+b^2)/(4\cdot25)</math>. Setting these two expressions equal to each other and simplifying gives b=2a. Substitution yields a=10 and b=20, so the area of the rhombus is <math>20\cdot40/2=400</math>.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
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Revision as of 21:05, 17 February 2010

Problem

Find the area of rhombus $ABCD$ given that the radii of the circles circumscribed around triangles $ABD$ and $ACD$ are $12.5$ and $25$, respectively.

Solution

The diagonals of the rhombus perpendicularly bisect each other. Call half of diagonal BD a and half of diagonal AC b. The length of the four sides of the rhombus is $\sqrt{a^2+b^2}$. The area of any triangle can be expressed as $a\cdot b\cdot c/4R$, where a, b, and c are the sides and R is the circumradius. Thus, the area of triangle ABD is $ab=2a(a^2+b^2)/(4\cdot12.5)$. Also, the area of triangle ABC is $ab=2b(a^2+b^2)/(4\cdot25)$. Setting these two expressions equal to each other and simplifying gives b=2a. Substitution yields a=10 and b=20, so the area of the rhombus is $20\cdot40/2=400$.

See also

2003 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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