2021 Fall AMC 10B Problems/Problem 2
Problem
What is the area of the shaded figure shown below?
![[asy] size(200); defaultpen(linewidth(0.4)+fontsize(12)); pen s = linewidth(0.8)+fontsize(8); pair O,X,Y; O = origin; X = (6,0); Y = (0,5); fill((1,0)--(3,5)--(5,0)--(3,2)--cycle, palegray+opacity(0.2)); for (int i=1; i<7; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,5), gray+dashed); label("${"+string(i)+"}$", (i,0), 2*S); if (i<6) { draw((0,i)--(6,i), gray+dashed); label("${"+string(i)+"}$", (0,i), 2*W); } } label("$0$", O, 2*SW); draw(O--X+(0.15,0), EndArrow); draw(O--Y+(0,0.15), EndArrow); draw((1,0)--(3,5)--(5,0)--(3,2)--(1,0), black+1.5); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/7/1/1714dc248f12bd0640e9ec37023a14eddda46d9c.png)
Solution #1
We have 
isosceles triangles. Thus, the area of the shaded region is 
Thus our answer is 
~NH14
Solution #2
As we can see, the shape is symmetrical, so it will be equally valid to simply calculate one of the half's area and multiply by 2. One half's area is 
, so two halves would be 
. Thus our answer is
~Hefei417, or 陆畅 Sunny from China
Solution #3 (Overkill)
We start by finding the points. The outlined shape is made up of 
. By the Shoelace Theorem, we find the area to be 
, or 
.
See Also
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