2018 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 20
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In a point is on with and Point is on so that and point is on so that What is the ratio of the area of to the area of
Solution 1
By similar triangles, we have . Similarly, we see that Using this information, we get Then, since , it follows that the . Thus, the answer would be .
Sidenote: denotes the area of triangle . Similarly, denotes the area of figure .
Solution 2
Let and the height of . We can extend to form a parallelogram, which would equal . The smaller parallelogram is times . The smaller parallelogram is of the larger parallelogram, so the answer would be , since the triangle is of the parallelogram, so the answer is .
By babyzombievillager with credits to many others who helped with the solution :D
Solution 3
. We can substitute as and as , where is . Side having, distance , has parts also. And and are and respectfully. You can consider the height of and as and respectfully. The area of is because the area formula for a triangle is or . The area of will be . So the area of will be . The area of parallelogram will be . Parallelogram to . The answer is .
Solution 4 (Non-math solution)
If you have little time to calculate, divide DEFC into triangles that are equal to DAE by drawing lines through points D and F that are parallel to AB and a line through the middle of EF parallel to CB. Also cut triangle EFB into triangles similar to DAE. We see that there are 9 total triangles, and 4 of those are occupied by DEFC. Thus, the answer is . (although it could be wrong)
Video Solution (Meta-Solving Technique)
https://youtu.be/GmUWIXXf_uk?t=1541
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solution 2
~savannahsolver
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