2018 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 13
Problem
Square 
has side length 
. Point 
lies inside the square so that 
and 
. The centroids of 
, 
, 
, and 
are the vertices of a convex quadrilateral. What is the area of that quadrilateral?
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Solution 1 (Drawing an Accurate Diagram)
We can draw an accurate diagram by using centimeters and scaling everything down by a factor of 
. The centroid is the intersection of the three medians in a triangle.
After connecting the 
centroids, we see that the quadrilateral looks like a square with side length of 
. However, we scaled everything down by a factor of , so the length is 
. The area of a square is 
, so the area is: ![\[\boxed{\textbf{(C) } 200}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/8/9/d89d05a5bf1f3a5554f1521cbf7811e7b3e5c2f4.png)
Solution 2
The centroid of a triangle is 
of the way from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposing side. Thus, the length of any diagonal of this quadrilateral is 
. The diagonals are also parallel to sides of the square, so they are perpendicular to each other, and so the area of the quadrilateral is 
, 
.
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