2002 AIME I Problems/Problem 10
Problem
In the diagram below, angle is a right angle. Point
is on
, and
bisects angle
. Points
and
are on
and
, respectively, so that
and
. Given that
and
, find the integer closest to the area of quadrilateral
.
![AIME 2002I Problem 10.png](https://wiki-images.artofproblemsolving.com//8/8d/AIME_2002I_Problem_10.png)
Solution
By the Pythagorean Theorem, . Letting
we can use the angle bisector theorem on triangle
to get
, and solving gives
and
.
The area of triangle is
that of triangle
, since they share a common side and angle, so the area of triangle
is
the area of triangle
.
Since the area of a triangle is , the area of
is
and the area of
is
.
The area of triangle is
, and the area of the entire triangle
is
. Subtracting the areas of
and
from
and finding the closest integer gives
as the answer.
Solution 2 (Desperate Bash)
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