If the yellow and orange areas in the unit square in the diagram are equal to each other, how much is the red area to 4 decimal places?
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If the yellow and orange areas are the same size, then [ A B C ] = [ A D C ] .
Both are right triangles with identical hypotenuse, so if the areas are the same △ A B C and △ A C D are congruent.
∠ B A C = ∠ D A C = 4 9 0 ∘ = 2 2 . 5 ∘
B C = A B × tan ( 2 2 . 5 ∘ ) = 2 tan ( 2 2 . 5 ∘ )
C E = 2 B C = tan ( 2 2 . 5 ∘ ) = 2 + 2 2 − 2
Red area = C E 2 = 2 + 2 2 − 2 ≈ 0 . 1 7 1 6
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