2006 AIME II Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
In convex hexagon 
, all six sides are congruent, 
and 
are right angles, and 
and 
are congruent. The area of the hexagonal region is 
Find 
.
Solution
Let the side length be called 
, so 
.
The diagonal 
. Then the areas of the triangles AFB and CDE in total are 
,
and the area of the rectangle BCEF equals 
Then we have to solve the equation
.
Therefore, is 
.
Solution 2
Because 
, 
, 
, and are congruent, the degree-measure of each of them is 
. Lines 
and 
divide the hexagonal region into two right triangles and a rectangle. Let 
. Then 
. Thus
\begin{align*}2116(\sqrt2+1)&=[ABCDEF]\\&=2\cdot {1\over2}x^2+x\cdot x\sqrt2=x^2(1+\sqrt2),
\end{align*}so 
, and 
.
[asy]
pair A,B,C,D,I,F;
A=(0,0);
B=(7,0);
F=(0,7);
I=(6,13);
D=(13,13);
C=(13,6);
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(C);
dot(D);
dot(I);
dot(F);
draw(A--B--C--D--I--F--cycle,linewidth(0.7));
label("{\tiny 
}",A,S);
label("{\tiny 
}",B,S);
label("{\tiny 
}",C,E);
label("{\tiny 
}",D,N);
label("{\tiny 
}",I,N);
label("{\tiny 
}",F,W);
[/asy]
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