What is the area of quadrilateral E F G H ?
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F H = 3 2 + 6 2 = 3 5
The hypotenuseHalf perimeter of F G H is then s = 2 1 ( 3 5 + 2 3 )
Heron's formula for the area [ F G H ] = s ( s − 3 5 ) ( s − 1 0 ( s − 1 3 ) = 3 3
[ E F G H ] = [ E F H ] + [ F G H ] = 2 1 × 3 × 6 + 3 3 = 4 2
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Draw a vertical from G to the extension of E H and let the point of intersection be A , Next, draw a horizontal from G to the extension of E F and call the point of intersection B . Now let ∣ H A ∣ = x and ∣ F B ∣ = y . Then by Pythagoras we have that
( 6 + x ) 2 + y 2 = 1 3 2 ⟹ x 2 + 1 2 x + y 2 = 1 3 3 , and
x 2 + ( y + 3 ) 2 = 1 0 2 ⟹ x 2 + 6 y + y 2 = 9 1 .
Upon subtracting the second from the first of these equations we have that 1 2 x − 6 y = 4 2 ⟹ y = 2 x − 7 .
Substituting this result into x 2 + ( y + 3 ) 2 = 1 0 2 and simplifying yields that
x 2 + ( 2 x − 4 ) 2 = 1 0 0 ⟹ 5 x 2 − 1 6 x − 8 4 = ( 5 x + 1 4 ) ( x − 6 ) = 0 ,
from which we can conclude that x = 6 , (as we must have x > 0 ), and thus y = 2 x − 7 = 5 .
The green area will then be the area of rectangle E B G A minus the areas of triangles Δ H A G and Δ F B G , which comes out to
( x + 6 ) ( y + 3 ) − 2 x ( y + 3 ) − 2 y ( x + 6 ) = 1 2 × 8 − 3 × 8 − 5 × 6 = 4 2 .