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==Solution 3== | ==Solution 3== | ||
Because the area of triangle <math>ABC</math> is <math>12.5</math>, and the triangle is right and isosceles, we can quickly see that the leg length of the triangle <math>ABC</math> is 5. If we put the triangle on the coordinate plane, with vertex <math>C</math> at the origin, and the hypotenuse in the first quadrant, we can use slope-intercept form and tangents to get three lines that intersect at the origin, <math>D</math>, and <math>E</math>. Then, you can use the distance formula to get the length of <math>DE</math>. The height is just <math>\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}</math>, so the area is just <math>DE*\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}*\frac{1}{2}=\boxed{\textbf{(D) } \frac{50 - 25\sqrt{3}}{2}}</math> | Because the area of triangle <math>ABC</math> is <math>12.5</math>, and the triangle is right and isosceles, we can quickly see that the leg length of the triangle <math>ABC</math> is 5. If we put the triangle on the coordinate plane, with vertex <math>C</math> at the origin, and the hypotenuse in the first quadrant, we can use slope-intercept form and tangents to get three lines that intersect at the origin, <math>D</math>, and <math>E</math>. Then, you can use the distance formula to get the length of <math>DE</math>. The height is just <math>\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}</math>, so the area is just <math>DE*\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}*\frac{1}{2}=\boxed{\textbf{(D) } \frac{50 - 25\sqrt{3}}{2}}</math> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 01:49, 11 February 2018
Problem
The isosceles right triangle has right angle at
and area
. The rays trisecting
intersect
at
and
. What is the area of
?
Solution 1
can be split into a
right triangle and a
right triangle by dropping a perpendicular from
to side
. Let
be where that perpendicular intersects
.
Because the side lengths of a right triangle are in ratio
,
.
Because the side lengths of a right triangle are in ratio
and
+
,
.
Setting the two equations for equal to each other,
.
Solving gives .
The area of .
is congruent to
, so their areas are equal.
A triangle's area can be written as the sum of the figures that make it up, so .
.
Solving gives , so the answer is
Solution 2
The area of is
, and so the leg length of
is
Thus, the altitude to hypotenuse
,
, has length
by
right triangles. Now, it is clear that
, and so by the Exterior Angle Theorem,
is an isosceles
triangle. Thus,
by the Half-Angle formula, and so the area of
is
. The answer is thus
Solution 3
Because the area of triangle is
, and the triangle is right and isosceles, we can quickly see that the leg length of the triangle
is 5. If we put the triangle on the coordinate plane, with vertex
at the origin, and the hypotenuse in the first quadrant, we can use slope-intercept form and tangents to get three lines that intersect at the origin,
, and
. Then, you can use the distance formula to get the length of
. The height is just
, so the area is just
See Also
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