2009 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 9
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Problem
Triangle has vertices , , and , where is on the line . What is the area of ?
Solution
Solution 1
Because the line is parallel to , the area of is independent of the location of on that line. Therefore it may be assumed that is . In that case the triangle has base and altitude , so its area is .
Solution 2
The base of the triangle is . Its altitude is the distance between the point and the parallel line , which is . Therefore its area is . The answer is .
Solution 3
By Shoelace, our area is: We know so we get:
Solution 4
WLOG, let the coordinates of be , or any coordinate, for that matter. Applying the shoelace formula, we get the area as \boxed 6$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) .
See also
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