2004 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 18
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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 (Coordinate Geometry)
We will put triangle ACE on a xy-coordinate plane with C being the origin. 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.
Solution 4
You can also place a point on
such that
is
, creating trapezoid
. Then, you can find the area of the trapezoid, subtract the area of the two right triangles
and
, divide by the area of
, and get the ratio of
.
Solution 5
It is well known that for when two triangles share an angle, the two sides around the shared angle is proportional to the areas of each of the two triangles.
We can find all the ratios of the triangles except for and then subtract from
In this case, we have sharing
with
.
Therefore, we have
Also note that shares
with
.
Therefore, we have
Lastly, note that shares
with
.
Therefore, we have
Thus, the ratio of to
is
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Solution 6 (Wooga Looga Theorem)
We know that , so by the Wooga Looga Theorem we have
.
See also
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