2010 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 17
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The diagram shows an octagon consisting of unit squares. The portion below is a unit square and a triangle with base . If bisects the area of the octagon, what is the ratio ?
Solution 1
We see that half the area of the octagon is . We see that the triangle area is . That means that . Meaning,
Solution 2
Like stated in solution 1, we know that half the area of the octagon is .
That means that the area of the trapezoid is .
. Solving for , we get .
Subtracting from , we get .
Therefore, the answer comes out to
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