The diagram above illustrates inscribed in the regular rhombus of and angles, where is the midpoint of , and is perpendicular to .
What is the ratio of red area to green area ?
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In the given diagram, set ∣ A B ∣ = 1 , so ∣ B D ∣ = 3 1 . Since Δ A B D ∼ Δ D B C , ∣ B C ∣ = 3 1 , which is clearly 3 times shorter than ∣ A B ∣ .
Let's now look at the next diagram, which involves section of rhombus into small triangles...
Here, the area of Δ A B D is three times the area of Δ B D C , which is shown by the sub-rectangle of six small triangles hovering Δ A B D . Since Δ A B D covers half the rectangle, this is equivalent to half the area of the rectangle.
Counting the number of small triangles for different-colored region, we see that there are 1 3 of Δ B D C that are not colored red. Thus, the ratio is 1 3 3 .
One can also view the rhombus as the triangle by moving two small triangles to the dashed regions.