In a convex quadrilateral , the midpoints of and are and , respectively. Given that , find .
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Let A ( x 1 , y 1 ) , B ( x 2 , y 2 ) , C ( x 3 , y 3 ) , D ( x 4 , y 4 ) ⇒ E ( 2 x 2 + x 3 , 2 y 2 + y 3 ) , F ( 2 x 1 + x 4 , 2 y 1 + y 4 )
Using the shoelace formula, we have S △ E D A + S △ F B C = 2 1 ( ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ x 1 y 1 x 4 y 4 2 x 2 + x 3 2 y 2 + y 3 x 1 y 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ + ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ x 2 y 2 2 x 1 + x 4 2 y 1 + y 4 x 3 y 3 x 2 y 2 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ) = 2 x 1 y 4 − x 4 y 1 + x 4 y 3 − x 3 y 4 + x 3 y 2 − x 2 y 3 + x 2 y 1 − x 1 y 2
By inspection, this also appears to be the area of the quadrilateral when shoelace is applied. Hence θ = 0 and the answer is undefined, which is none of the above.