Given above is a square. The numbers 16, 20 and 32 denote the areas of respective regions. Find the area in cm 2 of the blue region.
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nice solution sir!
Let the side length of the square be 2 a and the point where the four internal lines meet be x from the left edge and y from the bottom edge of the square. Then we have:
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ 2 a x + 2 a y = 1 6 2 a x + 2 a ( 2 a − y ) = 2 0 2 a ( 2 a − x ) + 2 a ( 2 a − y ) = 3 2 . . . ( 1 ) . . . ( 2 ) . . . ( 3 )
We note that the area of the blue region,
A blue = 2 a y + 2 a ( 2 a − x ) = 1 6 − 2 0 + 3 2 = 2 8 which is equal to ( 1 ) − ( 2 ) + ( 3 )
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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We have 3 2 + 1 6 = 2 0 + B so B = 2 8 . A proof without words or formulas.