Inside the square

Geometry Level 2

A B C D ABCD is a square with side length of 5 5 , D E = B F = C G = A H = 2 DE=BF=CG=AH=2 and H D = F A = G B = E C = 3 HD=FA=GB=EC=3 . If the area of quadrilateral M N O P MNOP can be written as m n \dfrac{m}{n} , where m m and n n are positive coprime integers, find m + n m+n .


The answer is 67.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
May 13, 2019

Considering overlaying four congruent right triangles with legs 3 and 5 (shown in light blue) to form a 5 × 5 5 \times 5 square A B C D ABCD with side length of 5 and a square hole M N O P MNOP in the center. The four dark blue congruent right triangles are the areas where two blue triangles overlap. Therefore, the area of M N O P MNOP = = the area of square A B C D ABCD - the area of 4 blue triangles + + the area of 4 dark blue triangles. In formula:

[ M N O P ] = [ A B C D ] 4 [ A B G ] + 4 [ A F O ] A B G and A F O are similar. = 5 × 5 4 × 1 2 × 3 × 5 4 × 9 34 × 1 2 × 3 × 5 [ A F O ] = A F 2 A G 2 [ A B G ] = 50 17 \begin{aligned} [MNOP] & = [ABCD] - 4[ABG] + 4 \color{#3D99F6} [AFO] & \small \color{#3D99F6} \triangle ABG \text{ and } \triangle AFO \text{ are similar.} \\ & = 5 \times 5 - 4 \times \frac 12 \times 3 \times 5 - 4 \color{#3D99F6} \times \frac 9{34} \times \frac 12 \times 3 \times 5 & \small \color{#3D99F6} \implies [AFO] = \frac {AF^2}{AG^2} [ABG] \\ & = \frac {50}{17} \end{aligned}

Therefore, m + n = 50 + 17 = 67 m+n = 50+17 = \boxed{67} .

Wow, nice observation

Mr. India - 2 years ago

The quadrilateral MNOP is a square with side length 5/√(34). So it's area is 50/17, and the required sum is 67

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