2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 15
- The following problem is from both the 2021 AMC 10B #20 and 2021 AMC 12B #15, so both problems redirect to this page.
Contents
- 1 Problem
- 2 Solution 1
- 3 Solution 2
- 4 Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Extending Lines, Angle Chasing, Trig Area)
- 5 Video Solution by Hawk Math
- 6 Video Solution by Mathematical Dexterity (Basic Area Formulas)
- 7 Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
- 8 Video Solution by Interstigation (Ignore Useless Segments)
- 9 Video Solution by The Power of Logic
- 10 See Also
Problem
The figure is constructed from line segments, each of which has length
. The area of pentagon
can be written as
, where
and
are positive integers. What is
Solution 1
Let be the midpoint of
. Noting that
and
are
triangles because of the equilateral triangles,
Also,
(or split
into two
triangles) and so
Solution 2
Draw diagonals and
to split the pentagon into three parts. We can compute the area for each triangle and sum them up at the end. For triangles
and
, they each have area
. For triangle
, we can see that
and
. Using Pythagorean Theorem, the altitude for this triangle is
, so the area is
. Adding each part up, we get
.
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Extending Lines, Angle Chasing, Trig Area)
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4iCAZRUESs
Video Solution by Mathematical Dexterity (Basic Area Formulas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kDTlVixsD0
Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
https://youtu.be/FV9AnyERgJQ?t=1226
~IceMatrix
Video Solution by Interstigation (Ignore Useless Segments)
~Interstigation
Video Solution by The Power of Logic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8L5K2yIXUc
~The Power of Logic
See Also
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