2006 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 13
Problem
Rhombus is similar to rhombus
. The area of rhombus
is 24, and $\angle BAD \equal{} 60^\circ$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg). What is the area of rhombus
?
Solution
The square of the ratio of any linear length on ABCD to the corresponding linear length on BFDE is equal to the ratio of their areas. Since ,
and
are equilateral and DB is equal to the other sides of rhombus ABCD. Therefore,
. DB and AC are the longer diagonal of rhombuses BEDF and ABCD, respectively. So the ratio of their areas is
or
. One-third the area of ABCD is equal to 8. So the answer is C
See also
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