Area of Rhombus ABCD

Geometry Level 3

A B C D ABCD is a rhombus and P , Q P,Q & R R divide the sides B C , C D BC,CD & D A DA in the ratio 1 : 1 , 1 : 2 1:1, 1:2 and 1 : 3 1:3 respectively.

If it is given that the area of P Q R \triangle PQR is 5 square units, find the area of rhombus A B C D ABCD .

22 24 20 28

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1 solution

Akshat Sharda
Jan 25, 2018

Let A A be the origin, D ( d ) D(\vec{d}) and B ( b ) B(\vec{b}) represent the position vectors of point D D and B B . So, C ( d + b ) C(\vec{d}+\vec{b}) .

Given the area of P Q R = 5 \triangle PQR=5 , therefore,

1 2 R P × R Q = 5 1 2 ( b d 4 ) × ( 2 b 3 + d 4 ) = 5 \frac{1}{2}\left| \vec{RP} × \vec{RQ}\right|=5 \\ \frac{1}{2}\left|\left(\vec{b}-\frac{\vec{d}}{4}\right)×\left(\frac{2\vec{b}}{3}+\frac{\vec{d}}{4}\right)\right|=5

Simplifying gives us, b × d = 24 \left|\vec{b}×\vec{d}\right|=24 .

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