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Over to the other side: <math>\triangle BCY</math> is <math>30-60-90</math>, and is therefore congruent to <math>\triangle BCQ</math>. So <math>[BCQ]=\frac{5\cdot5\sqrt{3}}{8}</math>. | Over to the other side: <math>\triangle BCY</math> is <math>30-60-90</math>, and is therefore congruent to <math>\triangle BCQ</math>. So <math>[BCQ]=\frac{5\cdot5\sqrt{3}}{8}</math>. | ||
− | The area of the hexagon is clearly <math>[ABCD]-([BCQ]+[APD])</math><cmath>=\frac{15\cdot5\sqrt{3}}{2}-\frac{60\sqrt{3}}{8}=30\sqrt{3},\ | + | The area of the hexagon is clearly <math>[ABCD]-([BCQ]+[APD])</math><cmath>=\frac{15\cdot5\sqrt{3}}{2}-\frac{60\sqrt{3}}{8}=30\sqrt{3},\implies\boxed{B}</cmath> |
==Alternate Solution== | ==Alternate Solution== |
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Problem 25
Let be a trapezoid with and . Bisectors of and meet at , and bisectors of and meet at . What is the area of hexagon ?
Solution
Drop perpendiculars to from and , and call the intersections respectively. Now, and . Thus, . We conclude and . To simplify things even more, notice that , so .
Also, So the area of is:
Over to the other side: is , and is therefore congruent to . So .
The area of the hexagon is clearly
Alternate Solution
Let and meet at and , respectively.
Since , , and they share , triangles and are congruent.
By the same reasoning, we also have that triangles and are congruent.
Hence, we have .
If we let the height of the trapezoid be , we have .
Thusly, if we find the height of the trapezoid and multiply it by 12, we will be done.
Let the projections of and to be and , respectively.
We have , , and .
Therefore, . Solving this, we easily get that .
Multiplying this by 12, we find that the area of hexagon is , which corresponds to answer choice .
See Also
2008 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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