A geometry problem by Hemamalinivenkatasesha Nanduri

Geometry Level 3

ABCD is a square where AB and BC are adjacent sides of the square M is the midpoint of AB,N is the midpoint of BC. AN and CM intersect at O.

Find the ratio of area of AOCD to the area of ABCD.


The answer is 0.666.

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3 solutions

Ayush G Rai
Oct 24, 2016

Construct O G A B . OG || AB.
Let C N = N B = B M = M A = a , CN=NB=BM=MA=a , O G = k OG=k and N G = x . NG=x.
Since O N G A N B , \triangle ONG\sim \triangle ANB, using similarity properties,we get
N G N B = O G A B x a = k 2 a k = 2 x . \dfrac{NG}{NB}=\dfrac{OG}{AB}\Rightarrow\dfrac{x}{a}=\dfrac{k}{2a}\Rightarrow k=2x.
Since O C G M C B , \triangle OCG\sim \triangle MCB, using similarity properties,we get
C G C B = O G M B ( a + x ) 2 a = k a a + x = 2 k x = a 3 \dfrac{CG}{CB}=\dfrac{OG}{MB}\Rightarrow\dfrac{(a+x)}{2a}=\dfrac{k}{a}\Rightarrow a+x=2k\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{a}{3} and k = 2 a 3 . k=\dfrac{2a}{3}.
The area of \triangle O C N = 1 2 × O G × C N = a 2 3 . OCN=\dfrac{1}{2}\times OG\times CN=\dfrac{a^2}{3}.
The area of \triangle A N B = 1 2 × A B × N B = a 2 . ANB=\dfrac{1}{2}\times AB\times NB=a^2.
The area of the square A B C D = ( 2 a ) 2 = 4 a 2 . ABCD={(2a)}^2=4a^2.
The area of quadrilateral A O C D = AOCD= Area of square - Area of O C N \triangle OCN- Area of A N B = 8 a 2 3 . \triangle ANB=\dfrac{8a^2}{3}.
Therefore the ratio of the Area of quadrilateral A O C D AOCD to the Area of the A B C D = 8 a 2 3 : 4 a 2 = 2 3 = 0.666 . ABCD=\dfrac{8a^2}{3}:4a^2=\dfrac{2}{3}=\boxed{0.666}.


I like this approach. You have some LaTeX errors going on. It looks like you lost some similarity symbols also.

Jason Dyer Staff - 4 years, 7 months ago

well thanks for informing me.I have made the changes.

Ayush G Rai - 4 years, 7 months ago

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Marta Reece
Mar 11, 2017

The red lines divide diagonal BD into three equal segments. (We can see this from the fact that BQ=QR because BN=NC, but RQ=RD because AP=PD.) So all six colored triangles in the image above are equal in size, as they have the same base along the diagonal and the same height relative to that diagonal.

Since the quadrilateral in question is made of 4 of those triangles out of 6, it takes up 2 3 \frac{2}{3} of the area of the square.

Ahmad Saad
Oct 24, 2016

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