Comparing Areas!

Geometry Level 2

All triangles shown are equilateral triangles with measures of the sides. What is the ratio of the blue area to the total green area?

1 26 \frac{1}{26} 4 25 \frac{4}{25} 3 10 \frac{3}{10} 3 20 \frac{3}{20} 2 5 \frac{2}{5}

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3 solutions

Mahdi Raza
May 21, 2020

Blue Triangle Green Triangles = 1 26 \dfrac{\color{#3D99F6}{\text{Blue Triangle}}}{\color{#20A900}{\text{Green Triangles}}} = \dfrac{\color{#3D99F6}{1}}{\color{#20A900}{26}}

Thank you. Nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 1 year ago

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Thank you!

Mahdi Raza - 1 year ago
Hana Wehbi
May 21, 2020

A simple solution by dividing the graph into small triangles and notice the comparison.

Second Solution:

Area of any Equilateral Triangle is: 3 4 s 2 \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}s^2

Area of Green Triangles: 3 4 ( 1 2 2 + 9 2 + 6 2 ) = 3 4 ( 261 ) \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}( 12^2+9^2+6^2) = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} (261)

Area of Blue Triangle: 3 4 3 2 = 3 4 ( 9 ) \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} 3^2 = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}( 9)

Area of Blue Region Area of Green Region = 9 261 27 = 1 26 \Large\frac{\text {Area of Blue Region}}{\text{Area of Green Region}} = \frac{ 9}{ 261-27} = \frac{1}{26}

Keep in mind that one green triangle is repeated three times : That is why we subtract 27 = 3 × 9 27 = 3\times 9 from 261 261

My explanation is also same as yours, Nice!

Mahdi Raza - 1 year ago

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Thank you, I am glad you like it.

Hana Wehbi - 1 year ago

The given no.s are sides or area

Soham Nimale - 1 year ago

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I guess the numbers written are the sides, but when it is formed into a grid, it means 1 out of the 26 squares are blue

Mahdi Raza - 1 year ago

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I will add more details.

Hana Wehbi - 1 year ago

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@Hana Wehbi Ok thanks I got it

Soham Nimale - 1 year ago
Ron Gallagher
May 21, 2020

The area of an equilateral triangle is proportional to the square of the side (with a proportionality constant of sqrt(3)/4, which is actually not relevant in this case because it will cancel in the quotient). The green area is the sum of the areas of the big triangles minus three times the area of the blue triangle. Therefore:

A(Blue) / A(Green) = (3^2) / (12^2 + 9^2 + 6^2 - 3*3^2) = 9/234 = 1/26.

Thank you. Nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 1 year ago

I disagree. The amount of overlap between the 2 biggest triangles is undetermined. If they share a vertex, the smallest triangle shares the same vertex and the overlap is 0. If the side 9 triangle is within the side 12 triangle, sharing parts of 2 sides, the side 6 triangle is completely within the side 12 and side 9 triangles, and the overlap is the entire side 6 triangle, in which case the ratio is the area of the side 6 triangle over (the side 12 triangle plus the side 9 triangle minus the side 6 triangle). The ratio therefore can vary between that and zero. Am I missing something?

Steven Adler - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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It is correct, my solution explains it and Mahdi has a nice visual explanation as well.

Hana Wehbi - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ah yes. I didn’t notice the little 3. Thanks for setting me straight!

Steven Adler - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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