Another Pointy Quadrilateral

Geometry Level 3

What is the area of quadrilateral E F G H ? EFGH?


The answer is 42.

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As an alternative approach...

Draw a vertical from G G to the extension of E H EH and let the point of intersection be A A , Next, draw a horizontal from G G to the extension of E F EF and call the point of intersection B B . Now let H A = x |HA| = x and F B = y |FB| = y . Then by Pythagoras we have that

( 6 + x ) 2 + y 2 = 1 3 2 x 2 + 12 x + y 2 = 133 (6 + x)^{2} + y^{2} = 13^{2} \Longrightarrow x^{2} + 12x + y^{2} = 133 , and

x 2 + ( y + 3 ) 2 = 1 0 2 x 2 + 6 y + y 2 = 91 x^{2} + (y + 3)^{2} = 10^{2} \Longrightarrow x^{2} + 6y + y^{2} = 91 .

Upon subtracting the second from the first of these equations we have that 12 x 6 y = 42 y = 2 x 7 12x - 6y = 42 \Longrightarrow y = 2x - 7 .

Substituting this result into x 2 + ( y + 3 ) 2 = 1 0 2 x^{2} + (y + 3)^{2} = 10^{2} and simplifying yields that

x 2 + ( 2 x 4 ) 2 = 100 5 x 2 16 x 84 = ( 5 x + 14 ) ( x 6 ) = 0 x^{2} + (2x - 4)^{2} = 100 \Longrightarrow 5x^{2} - 16x - 84 = (5x + 14)(x - 6) = 0 ,

from which we can conclude that x = 6 x = 6 , (as we must have x > 0 x \gt 0 ), and thus y = 2 x 7 = 5 y = 2x - 7 = 5 .

The green area will then be the area of rectangle E B G A EBGA minus the areas of triangles Δ H A G \Delta HAG and Δ F B G \Delta FBG , which comes out to

( x + 6 ) ( y + 3 ) x ( y + 3 ) 2 y ( x + 6 ) 2 = 12 × 8 3 × 8 5 × 6 = 42 (x + 6)(y + 3) - \dfrac{x(y + 3)}{2} - \dfrac{y(x + 6)}{2} = 12 \times 8 - 3 \times 8 - 5 \times 6 = \boxed{42} .

Marta Reece
May 22, 2017

The hypotenuse F H = 3 2 + 6 2 = 3 5 FH=\sqrt{3^2+6^2}=3\sqrt{5}

Half perimeter of F G H FGH is then s = 1 2 ( 3 5 + 23 ) s=\frac12(3\sqrt{5}+23)

Heron's formula for the area [ F G H ] = s ( s 3 5 ) ( s 10 ( s 13 ) = 33 [FGH]=\sqrt{s(s-3\sqrt{5})(s-10(s-13)}=33

[ E F G H ] = [ E F H ] + [ F G H ] = 1 2 × 3 × 6 + 33 = 42 [EFGH]=[EFH]+[FGH]=\frac12\times3\times6+33=\boxed{42}

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