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Geometry Level 3

Given above is a square. The numbers 16, 20 and 32 denote the areas of respective regions. Find the area in cm 2 \text{cm}^2 of the blue \color{#3D99F6}\text{blue} region.

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The answer is 28.

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3 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Nov 23, 2018

We have 32 + 16 = 20 + B 32+16 = 20+ B so B = 28 B = \boxed{28} . A proof without words or formulas.

nice solution sir!

nibedan mukherjee - 2 years, 6 months ago
Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 24, 2018

Let the side length of the square be 2 a 2a and the point where the four internal lines meet be x x from the left edge and y y from the bottom edge of the square. Then we have:

{ a x 2 + a y 2 = 16 . . . ( 1 ) a x 2 + a ( 2 a y ) 2 = 20 . . . ( 2 ) a ( 2 a x ) 2 + a ( 2 a y ) 2 = 32 . . . ( 3 ) \begin{cases} \dfrac {ax}2 + \dfrac {ay}2 = 16 & ...(1) \\ \dfrac {ax}2 + \dfrac {a(2a-y)}2 = 20 & ...(2) \\ \dfrac {a(2a-x)}2 + \dfrac {a(2a-y)}2 = 32 & ...(3) \end{cases}

We note that the area of the blue region,

A blue = a y 2 + a ( 2 a x ) 2 which is equal to ( 1 ) ( 2 ) + ( 3 ) = 16 20 + 32 = 28 \begin{aligned} A_{\color{#3D99F6}\text{blue}} & = \dfrac {ay}2 + \dfrac {a(2a-x)}2 & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{which is equal to } (1)-(2) + (3) \\ & = 16-20 + 32 \\ & = \boxed {28}\end{aligned}

Edwin Gray
Nov 27, 2018

Let the coordinates of A = (0,0), The point where all four lines meet = (x 0, y 0). The length of a side = 2x. After some simplification, we have: 2 16 = x(x_0 + y_0), 2 32 = 4x^2 - x(x 0 + y 0), or 64 = 4x^2 - 32, 4x^2 = 96. But 4x^2 = square area, so ? = 96 - 16 - 20 - 32 = 28. Ed Gray

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