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[hide]Problem 24
In the cube with opposite vertices and and are the midpoints of edges and respectively. Let be the ratio of the area of the cross-section to the area of one of the faces of the cube. What is
Solution
Note that is a rhombus. Let the side length of the cube be . By the Pythagorean theorem, and . Since the area of a rhombus is half the product of it's diagonals, so the area of the cross section is . . Thus
Note
In the 2008 AMC 10A, Question 21 was nearly identical to this question, it's the same but for this question, you have to look for the square of the area, not the actual area.
See Also
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