2004 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 18
Problem
In the right triangle , we have
,
, and
. Points
,
, and
are located on
,
, and
, respectively, so that
,
, and
. What is the ratio of the area of
to that of
?
Solution 1
Let . Because
is divided into four triangles,
.
Because of triangle area,
.
and
, so
.
, so
.
Solution 2
First of all, note that , and therefore
.
Draw the height from onto
as in the picture below:
Now consider the area of . Clearly the triangles
and
are similar, as they have all angles equal. Their ratio is
, hence
.
Now the area
of
can be computed as
=
.
Similarly we can find that as well.
Hence , and the answer is
.
Solution 3
The area of triangle ACE is 96. To find the area of triangle DBF, let D be (4, 0), let B be (0, 9), and let F be (12, 3). You can then use the shoelace theorem to find the area of DBF, which is 42.
See also
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