2004 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 14
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[hide]Problem
What is the area enclosed by the geoboard quadrilateral below?
Solution
Assign points to each of the four vertices and use the shoelace theorem to find the area. Letting the bottom left corner be , counting the boxes, the points would be and . Applying the Shoelace Theorem,
Solution 2
Apply Pick's Theorem on the figure, and you will get 5/2+21-1 which =
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