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Geometry Level 3

Points P P , Q Q , R R and S S divide the respective sides of rectangle A B C D ABCD in the proportion 1 : 2 1:2 . If the area of rectangle A B C D ABCD is 1 1 , find the area quadrilateral P Q R S PQRS .

3 5 \frac{3}{5} 2 5 \frac{2}{5} 4 9 \frac{4}{9} 5 9 \frac{5}{9} 2 3 \frac{2}{3}

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As we can see, we can divide the side in the proportion 1:1:1, and it will look like this. There are 4 triangles, that are the half of the rectangle where they are. And there's also a rectangle in the middle, whose area is 1 3 l × 1 3 l = 1 9 A A B C D \frac{1}{3}l \times \frac{1}{3}l = \frac{1}{9} A_{ABCD} And the triangles are the other 8 9 \frac{8}{9} , so it's 1 2 × 8 9 + 1 9 = 5 9 \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{8}{9} + \frac {1}{9} = \frac{5}{9}

Very nice solution!

Chris Lewis - 1 year, 2 months ago

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Thank you!!

Nicolás Díez Andrés - 5 months, 1 week ago

Let the height and breadth of rectangle A B C D ABCD be 3 a 3a and 3 b 3b respectively. Then the area of quadrilateral P Q S R PQSR is:

[ P Q R S ] = [ A B C D ] [ A P S ] [ B P Q ] [ C Q R ] [ D R S ] = ( 3 a ) ( 3 b ) 1 2 ( 2 a ) b 1 2 a ( 2 b ) 1 2 ( 2 a ) b 1 2 a ( 2 b ) = 9 a b a b a b a b a b = 5 a b [ P Q R S ] [ A B C D ] = 5 9 \begin{aligned} [PQRS] & = [ABCD] - [APS] - [BPQ] - [CQR] - [DRS] \\ & = (3a)(3b) - \frac 12(2a)b - \frac 12a(2b) - \frac 12(2a)b - \frac 12a(2b) \\ & = 9ab - ab - ab -ab - ab = 5ab \\ \implies \frac {[PQRS]}{[ABCD]} & = \boxed{\frac 59}\end{aligned}

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