A geometry problem

Geometry Level 3

In the figure above, A B C D ABCD is a square and A E F J AEFJ is a rectangle. If J B = I D JB=ID and A B = 111 AB=111 . Find the area of the rectangle A E F J AEFJ .


The answer is 12321.

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Let A B = x AB=x and J B = I D = a JB=ID=a . Then D E = A E x DE=AE-x and A J = E F = x a AJ=EF=x-a . E D I \triangle EDI and E A B \triangle EAB are similar, so D E I D = A E A B A E x a = A E x A E = x 2 x a \frac{DE}{ID}=\frac{AE}{AB} \implies \frac{AE-x}{a}=\frac{AE}{x} \implies AE=\frac{x^2}{x-a} . Finally, [ A E F J ] = A E A J = x 2 x a ( x a ) = x 2 [AEFJ]=AE\cdot AJ=\frac{x^2}{x-a} \cdot (x-a)=x^2 . So, the answer is 11 1 2 = 12321 111^2=\boxed{12321} .

How do you simplify line 5 to get AE=...

Elliot Cafai - 5 years ago

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Just cross multiply and solve for AE.

Did the exact same

Aditya Kumar - 5 years ago
Gregory Lewis
May 23, 2016

The problem gives away the answer without requiring proof by simply using JB=0

That's a clever trick! If J J coincides with B B , then all the conditions are satisfied, and rectangle A E F J AEFJ is congruent to the square A B C D ABCD . However, note that the area of the rectangle is equal to the area of the square, even if J B 0 JB \neq 0 . Alan has proved it in his solution.

Pranshu Gaba - 5 years ago

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I didn't understand, Could you elaborate a bit.

Puneet Pinku - 5 years ago
Puneet Pinku
Jun 5, 2016

Given: J B = I D , A B = 111 JB = ID, AB=111 , Let [ A E F J ] [AEFJ] denote the area of rectangle A E F J AEFJ .

Solution: In J B H \triangle JBH & D I E \triangle DIE ,

J B H = D I E \angle JBH = \angle DIE [Corresponding angles]

B J H = I D E \angle BJH = \angle IDE [corresponding angles]

JB = ID [Given]

J B H D I E \Rightarrow \triangle JBH \cong \triangle DIE [SAS congruence]

[ J B H ] = [ D I E ] \Rightarrow [JBH] = [DIE] .......(1)

Similarly, in B C I \triangle BCI & H F E \triangle HFE

C B I \angle CBI = F H I \angle FHI [Corresponding angles]

F E = I G + I D = I G + J B = I G + C G = C I i . e . , F E = C I FE = IG+ID = IG+JB = IG+CG = CI i.e., FE = CI

B C I \angle BCI = F H I \angle FHI [Angles of square & rectangle]

B C I H F E \Rightarrow \triangle BCI \cong \triangle HFE

[ B C I ] = [ H F E ] \Rightarrow [BCI] = [HFE] .......(2)

[ A E F J ] = [ A J H I D ] + [ I D E ] + [ H F E ] [AEFJ] = [AJHID]+[IDE]+[HFE]

= [ A J H I D ] + [ J B H ] + [ B C I ] =[AJHID]+[JBH]+[BCI] ...........From (1) & (2)

= [ A B C D ] = A B 2 =[ABCD] = AB^{2} = 11 1 2 111^{2} = 12321

This is the construction for drawing a rectangle given one side and having the area of a given square.

Alejandro Miguel
May 22, 2016

I think the diagram should be redrawn as it doesn't match the sizes and proportions.

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