Hypotenuse middle point

Geometry Level 3

Triangle A B C ABC has side lengths A B = 6 , B C = 10 , C A = 8. AB = 6, BC = 10, CA = 8.

If D D is the midpoint of B C BC and A D E = 9 0 , \angle ADE = 90^\circ, what is the area of A D E ? \triangle ADE?

75 8 \dfrac{75}{8} 125 12 \dfrac{125}{12} 125 11 \dfrac{125}{11} 72 5 \dfrac{72}{5}

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5 solutions

Zico Quintina
May 7, 2018

Segment A D AD will have length 5 5 , half the hypotenuse of A B C \triangle ABC . (The easiest way to see this is to consider the circumcircle of A B C \triangle ABC ; B C BC must be a diameter as it subtends a right angle, thus A D AD is a radius.)

So A D B \triangle ADB is isosceles. If we drop a perpendicular segment from D D meeting A B AB at F F , then F F bisects A B AB , so A F = 3 AF=3 , and A D F \triangle ADF is 3 - 4 - 5 3 \text{-} 4 \text{-} 5 . Also, A D F E A D \triangle ADF \sim \triangle EAD , as F A D \angle FAD and D A E \angle DAE are complementary. Then

A F D E = D F A D 3 D E = 4 5 D E = 15 4 \dfrac{AF}{DE} = \dfrac{DF}{AD} \implies \dfrac{3}{DE} = \dfrac{4}{5} \implies DE = \dfrac{15}{4}

so the area of A D E \triangle ADE is 1 2 5 15 4 = 75 8 \dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot \dfrac{15}{4} = \boxed{\dfrac{75}{8}}

David Vreken
May 8, 2018

From A B C \triangle ABC , B = cos 1 3 5 \angle B = \cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5} . Then using the law of cosines on A B D , A D 2 = B D 2 + A B 2 2 B D A B cos B \triangle ABD, AD^2 = BD^2 + AB^2 - 2 \cdot BD \cdot AB \cdot \cos B or A D 2 = 5 2 + 6 2 2 5 6 cos ( cos 1 3 5 ) AD^2 = 5^2 + 6^2 - 2 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot \cos (\cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5}) , which solves to A D = 5 AD = 5 .

A B D \triangle ABD is an isosceles triangle, so B A D = B = cos 1 3 5 \angle BAD = \angle B = \cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5} . Then D A E = B A E B A D = 90 ° cos 1 3 5 \angle DAE = \angle BAE - \angle BAD = 90° - \cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5} , and since D E A \triangle DEA is a right triangle, D E A = 90 ° D A E \angle DEA = 90° - \angle DAE . Combining these gives D E A = 90 ° ( 90 ° cos 1 3 5 ) = cos 1 3 5 \angle DEA = 90° - (90° - \cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5}) = \cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5} .

Since B = D E A = cos 1 3 5 \angle B = \angle DEA = \cos^{-1} \frac{3}{5} and B A C = A D E = 90 ° \angle BAC = \angle ADE = 90° , D E A A B C \triangle DEA ~ \triangle ABC by AA similarity, and D E A D = A B A C \frac{DE}{AD} = \frac{AB}{AC} or D E 5 = 6 8 \frac{DE}{5} = \frac{6}{8} , which means D E = 15 4 DE = \frac{15}{4} .

The area of A D E \triangle ADE is 1 2 A D D E = 1 2 5 15 4 = 75 8 \frac{1}{2} \cdot AD \cdot DE = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot \frac{15}{4} = \boxed{\frac{75}{8}} .

Michael Mendrin
May 6, 2018

The green triangle is in the same proportions as the 6 , 8 , 10 6, 8, 10 triangle, but scaled down by a factor of 5 8 \dfrac{5}{8} , where 5 5 is half of the hypotenuse, and 8 8 is the height of the original triangle. Hence, the area of the green triangle is

( 5 8 ) 2 1 2 6 8 = 75 8 (\dfrac{5}{8})^2 \cdot \dfrac{1}{2}\cdot 6\cdot8=\dfrac{75}{8}

I have written my solution down on paper

Aaghaz Mahajan
May 7, 2018

Let the X and Y axis be along AB and AC respectively........then its simple coordinate geometry.......!!

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