2016 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 23
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In regular hexagon , points , , , and are chosen on sides , , , and respectively, so lines , , , and are parallel and equally spaced. What is the ratio of the area of hexagon to the area of hexagon ?
Solution 1
We draw a diagram to make our work easier:
Assume that is of length . Therefore, the area of is . To find the area of , we draw , and find the area of the trapezoids and .
From this, we know that . We also know that the combined heights of the trapezoids is , since and are equally spaced, and the height of each of the trapezoids is . From this, we know and are each of the way from to and , respectively. We know that these are both equal to .
We find the area of each of the trapezoids, which both happen to be , and the combined area is .
We find that is equal to .
At this point, you can answer and move on with your test.
Solution 2
First, like in the first solution, split the large hexagon into 6 equilateral triangles. Each equilateral triangle can be split into three rows of smaller equilateral triangles. The first row will have one triangle, the second three, the third five. Once u have draw these lines, it's just a matter of counting triangles. There are small triangles in hexagon , and small triangles in the whole hexagon.
Thus, the answer is .
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