2014 AIME I Problems/Problem 13
Problem 13
On square , points
, and
lie on sides
and
respectively, so that
and
. Segments
and
intersect at a point
, and the areas of the quadrilaterals
and
are in the ratio
Find the area of square
.
Solution
[asy]
pair A = (0,sqrt(850));
pair B = (0,0);
pair C = (sqrt(850),0);
pair D = (sqrt(850),sqrt(850));
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);
dotfactor = 3;
dot("",A,dir(135));
dot("
",B,dir(215));
dot("
",C,dir(305));
dot("
",D,dir(45));
pair H = ((2sqrt(850)-sqrt(306))/6,sqrt(850));
pair F = ((2sqrt(850)+sqrt(306)+7)/6,0);
dot("
",H,dir(90));
dot("
",F,dir(270));
draw(H--F);
pair E = (0,(sqrt(850)-6)/2);
pair G = (sqrt(850),(sqrt(850)+sqrt(100))/2);
dot("
",E,dir(180));
dot("
",G,dir(0));
draw(E--G);
pair P = extension(H,F,E,G);
dot("
",P,dir(60));
label("
", intersectionpoint( A--P, E--H ));
label("
", intersectionpoint( B--P, E--F ));
label("
", intersectionpoint( C--P, G--F ));
label("
", intersectionpoint( D--P, G--H ));[/asy]
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