2001 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 22
Problem
In rectangle , points
and
lie on
so that
and
is the midpoint of
. Also,
intersects
at
and
at
. The area of the rectangle
is
. Find the area of triangle
.
Solution
Solution 1
Note that the triangles and
are similar, as they have the same angles. Hence
.
Also, triangles and
are similar, hence
.
We can now compute as
. We have:
.
is
of
, as these two triangles have the same base
, and
is
of
, therefore also the height from
onto
is
of the height from
. Hence
.
is
of
, as the base
is
of the base
, and the height from
is
of the height from
. Hence
.
is
of
for similar reasons, hence
.
Therefore .
Solution 2
As in the previous solution, we note the similar triangles and prove that is in
and
in
of
.
We can then compute that .
As is the midpoint of
, the height from
onto
is
of the height from
onto
. Therefore we have
.
See Also
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