1989 AJHSME Problems/Problem 15
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Problem
The area of the shaded region 
in parallelogram 
is
![[asy] unitsize(10); pair A,B,C,D,E; A=origin; B=(4,8); C=(14,8); D=(10,0); E=(4,0); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); fill(B--E--D--C--cycle,gray); label("A",A,SW); label("B",B,NW); label("C",C,NE); label("D",D,SE); label("E",E,S); label("$10$",(9,8),N); label("$6$",(7,0),S); label("$8$",(4,4),W); draw((3,0)--(3,1)--(4,1)); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/0/9/6092322b7c3f4d13fc5df8d5bf92420b2010448d.png)
Solution
Let 
denote the area of figure 
.
Clearly, 
. Using basic area formulas,
![\[!ABCD!=(BC)(BE)=80\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/1/9/e199b403c3564d8429411cd53acca719d5e6ce20.png)
![\[!ABE!=(BE)(AE)/2 = 4(AE)\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/b/5/6b5f453767aaef6e9e115a5e4461ed61b213d02c.png)
Since 
and 
, 
and the area of 
is 
.
Finally, we have 
See Also
| 1989 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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