2006 AIME II Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
In convex hexagon 
, all six sides are congruent, 
and 
are right angles, and 
and 
are congruent. The area of the hexagonal region is 
Find 
.
Solution
Let the side length be called 
, so 
.
The diagonal 
. Then the areas of the triangles AFB and CDE in total are 
,
and the area of the rectangle BCEF equals 
Then we have to solve the equation
.
Therefore, is 
.
Solution 2
Because 
, 
, 
, and are congruent, the degree-measure of each of them is 
. Lines 
and 
divide the hexagonal region into two right triangles and a rectangle. Let 
. Then 
. Thus
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so 
, and 
.
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