Hexagonal Areas

Geometry Level 1

A B C D E F ABCDEF is a regular hexagon. Find the ratio of blue area to the yellow area. That is, find [ C E F ] [ C D E ] \dfrac{[CEF]}{[CDE]} .


The answer is 2.

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3 solutions

David Vreken
Sep 5, 2020

Add the following lines to make 6 6 congruent triangles:

There are 4 4 blue triangles and 2 2 yellow triangles, so the ratio of areas is 4 2 = 2 \frac{4}{2} = \boxed{2} .

Pop Wong
Sep 5, 2020

The yellow region is shared 1 6 \cfrac{1}{6} of the total area while the blue region is shared 2 6 \cfrac{2}{6} of total area.

Therefore, the ratio is 2 \boxed{2} .

Hosam Hajjir
Sep 5, 2020

We note that D C E = E C F = 3 0 \angle DCE = \angle ECF = 30^{\circ} , and that C F = 2 C D \overline{CF} = 2 \overline{CD} .

We have that

[ C D E ] = 1 2 C D C E sin 3 0 [CDE] = \frac{1}{2} \overline{CD} \hspace{4pt} \overline{CE} \sin 30^{\circ} , and

[ C E F ] = 1 2 C E C F sin 3 0 [CEF] = \frac{1}{2} \overline{CE} \hspace{4pt} \overline{CF} \sin 30^{\circ}

Dividing the second by the first, gives a ratio of 2 \boxed{2} .

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