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Denote <math>D=(0,0)</math>. Then <math>A= (0,2), F = \left(\frac12,0\right), H = \left(\frac12,1\right)</math>. Let the intersection of <math>AF</math> and <math>DH</math> be <math>X</math>, and the intersection of <math>BF</math> and <math>CH</math> be <math>Y</math>. Then we want to find the coordinates of <math>X</math> so we can find <math>XY</math>. From our points, the slope of <math>AF</math> is <math>\bigg(\dfrac{-2}{\tfrac12}\bigg) = -4</math>, and its <math>y</math>-intercept is just <math>2</math>. Thus the equation for <math>AF</math> is <math>y = -4x + 2</math>. We can also quickly find that the equation of <math>DH</math> is <math>y = 2x</math>. Setting the equations equal, we have <math>2x = -4x +2 \implies x = \frac13</math>. Because of symmetry, we can see that the distance from <math>Y</math> to <math>BC</math> is also <math>\frac13</math>, so <math>XY = 1 - 2 \cdot \frac13 = \frac13</math>. Now the area of the kite is simply the product of the two diagonals over <math>2</math>. Since the length <math>HF = 1</math>, our answer is <math>\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{3} \cdot 1}{2} = \boxed{\textbf{(E)} \: \dfrac16}</math>. | Denote <math>D=(0,0)</math>. Then <math>A= (0,2), F = \left(\frac12,0\right), H = \left(\frac12,1\right)</math>. Let the intersection of <math>AF</math> and <math>DH</math> be <math>X</math>, and the intersection of <math>BF</math> and <math>CH</math> be <math>Y</math>. Then we want to find the coordinates of <math>X</math> so we can find <math>XY</math>. From our points, the slope of <math>AF</math> is <math>\bigg(\dfrac{-2}{\tfrac12}\bigg) = -4</math>, and its <math>y</math>-intercept is just <math>2</math>. Thus the equation for <math>AF</math> is <math>y = -4x + 2</math>. We can also quickly find that the equation of <math>DH</math> is <math>y = 2x</math>. Setting the equations equal, we have <math>2x = -4x +2 \implies x = \frac13</math>. Because of symmetry, we can see that the distance from <math>Y</math> to <math>BC</math> is also <math>\frac13</math>, so <math>XY = 1 - 2 \cdot \frac13 = \frac13</math>. Now the area of the kite is simply the product of the two diagonals over <math>2</math>. Since the length <math>HF = 1</math>, our answer is <math>\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{3} \cdot 1}{2} = \boxed{\textbf{(E)} \: \dfrac16}</math>. | ||
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− | label(" | + | label("$B$",B,NE); |
− | label(" | + | label("$C$",C,SE); |
− | label(" | + | label("$D \: (0,0)$",D,SW); |
− | label(" | + | label("$E$",E,E); |
− | label(" | + | label("$F\: (\frac12,0)$",F,S); |
− | label(" | + | label("$G$",G,W); |
− | label(" | + | label("$H \: (\frac12,1)$",H,N); |
− | label(" | + | label("$Y$",Y,E); |
− | label(" | + | label("$X$",X,W); |
− | label(" | + | label("$\frac12$",(0.25,0),S); |
− | label(" | + | label("$\frac12$",(0.75,0),S); |
− | label(" | + | label("$1$",(1,0.5),E); |
− | label(" | + | label("$1$",(1,1.5),E); |
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==Solution 2== | ==Solution 2== |
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[hide]Problem
In rectangle , , , and points , , and are midpoints of , , and , respectively. Point is the midpoint of . What is the area of the shaded region?
Solution 1
Denote . Then . Let the intersection of and be , and the intersection of and be . Then we want to find the coordinates of so we can find . From our points, the slope of is , and its -intercept is just . Thus the equation for is . We can also quickly find that the equation of is . Setting the equations equal, we have . Because of symmetry, we can see that the distance from to is also , so . Now the area of the kite is simply the product of the two diagonals over . Since the length , our answer is .
Solution 2
Let the area of the shaded region be . Let the other two vertices of the kite be and with closer to than . Note that . The area of is and the area of is . We will solve for the areas of and in terms of x by noting that the area of each triangle is the length of the perpendicular from to and to respectively. Because the area of = based on the area of a kite formula, for diagonals of length and , . So each perpendicular is length . So taking our numbers and plugging them into gives us Solving this equation for gives us
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