In , is the point of concurrency for cevians , , and so that the areas of , , and are , , and , respectively.
Find the area of .
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If the areas of A P S , B P Q and C P R are x , y , z respectively, the Ceva's Theorem tells us that 1 6 8 x × 1 4 z × 9 0 y = 1 so that x y z = 2 1 1 6 8 0 . Comparing the areas of A P S , A Q S , A P R and A Q R tells us that 1 6 8 x = z + 1 8 2 x + y + 9 0 and, similarly 1 4 z = y + 1 0 4 x + z + 1 6 8 9 0 y = x + 2 5 8 y + z + 1 4 Solving these various identities gives only one positive solution for x , y , z , namely x = 2 5 2 , y = 1 5 , z = 5 6 . This makes the area of the triangle Q R S equal to 5 9 5 .