Area

Geometry Level 4

In the figure BD = CD , BE= DE , AP = PD and D G C F . DG\parallel CF .

a r ( A D H ) a r ( A B C ) = \frac{ar(\bigtriangleup ADH)}{ar(\bigtriangleup ABC)} =

Note - ar represents area


The answer is 0.2.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 19, 2014

We know that parallel lines divide lines that cut them proportionally. That is to say, let's draw another line through A A parallels to D G C F DG || CF , then A F = F G AF = FG because A P = D P AP = DP . Let C F CF cuts A E AE at Q Q , then A Q = H Q AQ=HQ .

Similarly, draw another line through E E parallels to D G C F DG || CF , then E H = 1 2 H Q EH = \frac {1}{2} HQ because D E = 1 2 C D DE = \frac {1} {2} CD . Since A D E \triangle ADE and A D H \triangle ADH share the same base A E AE and height, then their areas A A D H A A D E = A H A E = 4 5 \frac {A_{\triangle ADH}}{A_{\triangle ADE}} = \frac {AH}{AE} = \frac {4}{5} .

Therefore,

A A D H A A B C = A A D H A A D E × A A D E A A B C = A H A E × D E B C = 4 5 × 1 4 = 1 5 = 0.2 \frac {A_{\triangle ADH}}{A_{\triangle ABC}} = \frac {A_{\triangle ADH}}{A_{\triangle ADE}} \times \frac {A_{\triangle ADE}}{A_{\triangle ABC}} = \frac {AH}{AE} \times \frac {DE}{BC} = \frac {4}{5} \times \frac {1}{4} = \frac {1}{5} = \boxed {0.2} .

Sir Hats off

U Z - 6 years, 6 months ago

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Thanks. Just doing what I can.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 6 years, 6 months ago

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I too did the same..awesome question though...:)

Ayush Garg - 6 years, 3 months ago

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