The above shows a quadrilateral , with denotes the intersection point between the diagonals and .
Which of the following represents the area of this quadrilateral?
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The area of this picture will be
area of triangle AOD+area of triangle DOC+area of triangle BOC+ area of triangle AOB
= ( 1 / 2 ) ∗ ( A O ∗ D O ∗ s i n ( A O D ) + D O ∗ C O ∗ s i n ( 1 8 0 − A O D ) + C O ∗ B O ∗ s i n ( B O C ) + B O ∗ A O ∗ s i n ( 1 8 0 − A O C ) )
= ( 1 / 2 ) ∗ ( s i n ( A O D ) ( D O ( A O + C O ) + ( B O ( A O + C O ) ) [As angleAOD=angleBOC]
= ( 1 / 2 ) ∗ s i n ( A O D ) ∗ A C ∗ B D