Green area

Geometry Level 3

The P , Q P, Q points are on the perimeter of the A B C D ABCD rectangle as is shown on the figure below, such that A P = C Q = 3 AP=CQ=3 and B P = D Q = 9 BP=DQ=9 .

What is the area of the green quadrilateral, if the area of A B C D ABCD is 48 48 ?


The answer is 9.

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5 solutions

tan w = 3 4 \tan~w=\dfrac{3}{4} \implies w = 36.8698976 5 w=36.86989765^\circ

x = 90 w = 53.1301023 5 x=90-w=53.13010235^\circ

tan z = 4 9 \tan~z=\dfrac{4}{9} \implies z = 23.9624889 7 z=23.96248897^\circ

y = 180 x z = 102.907408 7 y=180-x-z=102.9074087^\circ

By sine law ,

9 sin y = Q R sin x \dfrac{9}{\sin~y}=\dfrac{QR}{\sin~x} \implies Q R = 7.386643352 QR=7.386643352

Let A Y A_Y be the area of the yellow region, then A Y = 2 ( 1 2 ) ( 9 ) ( 7.386643352 ) ( sin z ) = 27 A_Y=2\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)(9)(7.386643352)(\sin~z)=27

Let A B A_B be the area of the blue region, then A B = 4 ( 3 ) = 12 A_B=4(3)=12

Let A G A_G be the area of the green region, then A G = 48 27 12 = A_G=48-27-12= 9 \color{#20A900}\boxed{\large 9}

Note: In my computation I used the approximate values of the computed angles since they are not whole numbers. But It will arrive in the correct answer since it is accurate to 8 8 decimal places.

Áron Bán-Szabó
Jul 11, 2017

Since A P = C Q AP=CQ and A P C Q AP\mid\mid CQ , the A P C Q APCQ quadrilateral is a parallelogram, [ A P C Q ] = A P B C = 3 48 12 = 12 [APCQ]=AP*BC=3*\dfrac{48}{12}=12 It is clear that P B F F C Q \triangle PBF\sim\triangle FCQ , and the similarity ratio is P B : Q C = 3 : 1 PB:QC=3:1 . From that F Y : F X = 3 : 1 FY:FX=3:1 (where F Y FY and F X FX are altitudes). Since X Y = B C = 4 XY=BC=4 , F X = 1 FX=1 , [ Q C F ] = 3 1 2 = 1.5 [QCF]=\dfrac{3*1}{2}=1.5 Since A P E C Q F \triangle APE\cong \triangle CQF , [ P F Q E ] = [ A P C Q ] [ A P E ] [ Q C F ] = [ A P C Q ] 2 [ Q C F ] = 12 2 1.5 = 9 [PFQE]=[APCQ]-[APE]-[QCF]=[APCQ]-2*[QCF]=12-2*1.5=\boxed{9}

Sswag SSwagf
Jul 17, 2017

We know that C B CB is equal to 4 4 and that M A P \triangle MAP is semelhant to P N B \triangle PNB the ratio of similiarity is 1 3 \frac{1}{3} also we know that their heights sum up to 4 4 now we can conclude P N B \triangle PNB height is 3, so we have A B C D ( 2 × P N B + 2 × D A P ) ABCD - (2 \times \triangle PNB + 2 \times \triangle DAP) that is equal to 9 9

Ahmad Saad
Jul 11, 2017

Rab Gani
Jul 12, 2017

Use coordinate geometry.Let point A(0,0), and the intersection of line AQ and DP is R.Point D(0,4), P(3,0), and Q(9,4). So line DP has equation 4x+3y=12, and AQ: y=(4/9) x.The intersection point R(9/4, 1). The shaded area =2( [DPQ] – [DRQ]) = 2(18 – 9(3/2)) =9.

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