In △ A B C , E is the midpoint of A B , F is the midpoint of B C and D is the midpoint of A C . A G is an altitude of △ A B C . If A B = 7 2 , B C = 6 0 and A C = 4 8 , what is the area of E F G D . If your answer is of the form a b , where a and b are positive integers with b square-free, give your answer as a + b .
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Draw
G
D
to form trapezoid
E
F
G
D
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G D is the median to hypotenuse C A of right △ A G C . Therefore, G D = 2 1 A C = 2 1 ( 4 8 ) = 2 4 .
E F = 2 1 A C = 2 1 ( 4 8 ) = 2 4 ; E D = 2 1 B C = 2 1 ( 6 0 ) = 3 0 ; F D = 2 1 A B = 2 1 ( 7 2 ) = 3 6
Apply pythagorean theorem on △ A G C and △ A G B . A G 2 = 4 8 2 − C G 2 and A G 2 = 7 2 2 − ( 6 0 − C G ) 2 . We find G C = 6
Compute A 1 : ⟹ s = 2 2 4 + 2 4 + 6 = 2 7 ⟹ A 1 = 2 7 ( 2 7 − 2 4 ) ( 2 7 − 2 4 ) ( 2 7 − 6 ) = 5 1 0 3 = 2 7 7
Compute A 2 : ⟹ s = 2 3 0 + 2 4 + 3 6 = 4 5 ⟹ A 2 = 4 5 ( 4 5 − 3 0 ) ( 4 5 − 2 4 ) ( 4 5 − 3 6 ) = 1 2 7 5 7 5 = 1 3 5 7
Compute A 3 : ⟹ A 3 = A 2 = 1 3 5 7
Compute area of △ A B C : ⟹ s = 2 6 0 + 4 8 + 7 2 = 9 0 ⟹ A A B C = 9 0 ( 9 0 − 6 0 ) ( 9 0 − 4 8 ) ( 9 0 − 7 2 ) = 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 = 5 4 0 7
Finally,
A E F G D = A A B C − A 1 − A 2 − A 3 = 5 4 0 7 − 2 7 7 − 1 3 5 7 − 1 3 5 7 = 2 4 3 7
It follows that,
a + b = 2 4 3 + 7 = 2 5 0
A B = 6 0 = 1 2 ∗ 5 , B C = 7 2 = 1 2 ∗ 6 , A C = 4 8 = 1 2 ∗ 4 . A r e a o f A B C 4 1 ∗ 1 2 2 ∗ 1 5 ∗ 5 ∗ 7 ∗ 3 = 5 4 0 7 . ∴ A G = 2 ∗ 6 0 5 4 0 7 = 1 8 7 . S o i n A G C b y P y t h a g o r e a n T h e o r e m , C G = 6 . B u t C F = 2 1 ∗ 6 0 = 3 0 . ∴ A r e a C G D = 3 0 6 ∗ A r e a C F D = 5 1 ∗ A r e a C F D . E a s y t o s e e A r e a C F D = A r e a D F E = 4 1 ∗ A r e a A B C = 1 3 5 7 . A r e a E F G D = A r e a s C F D + D F E − C G D = ( 1 3 5 + 1 3 5 − 5 1 3 5 ) ∗ 7 = 2 4 3 7 = a b . S o A r e a E F G D = 2 5 0 .
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Find c o s B using cosine rule which is c o s B = 4 3
Connect G and D then EFGD is a trapezium as G F ∣ ∣ E D .
As triangle ABG is right-angled so, using the value of cosB we can find BG=54 and AG= 1 8 7 .
As D and E are mid-points of AB and AC then D E ∣ ∣ B C and BF=DE=60/2=30
So, B G = D E + F G = 5 4
The height is also divided at midpoint because D E ∣ ∣ B C and D is the mid-point of AC.
So, height of trapezium is A G / 2 = 9 7
So, area of trapezium is 2 1 ( D E + F G ) × 9 7 = 2 1 × 5 4 × 9 7 = 2 4 3 7