Midsquare

Geometry Level 1

A B C D ABCD is a square such that [ A B C D ] = 120 [ABCD] = 120 . E , F , G , H E, F, G, H are the midpoints of A B , B C , C D AB, BC, CD and D A DA respectively. What is [ E F G H ] [EFGH] ?

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[ P Q R S ] [PQRS] denotes the area of figure P Q R S PQRS .


The answer is 60.

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3 solutions

Pi Han Goh
Aug 19, 2013

The diagonal of square E F G H EFGH is the length of square A B C D ABCD , which is 120 \sqrt {120} . Knowing that the length diagonal of square is 2 \sqrt 2 times its length, the length of square E F G H EFGH is 120 2 = 60 \frac {\sqrt{120}}{\sqrt 2} = \sqrt {60} . Thus it's area is simply the square of its length which gives 60 60 as the answer.

Basem Hesham
Aug 20, 2013

As " ABCD " is a square with area 120 , and E ,F,G,H are the mid points AE =EB=EF=FC= > > = √30 as C is 90° , then √FG = (√30)^2 + (√30)^2 , then FG=2√15 same with ( GH , GE , EF ) then the area of the Square [EFGH] = 2√15 *2√15 = 60

Answer = 60

Without calculating any lengths, can you show that [ E F G H ] = [ A B C D ] 2 [EFGH] = \frac{[ABCD]} { 2} ?

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 9 months ago

nice idea

Reymond Magarzo - 7 years, 9 months ago
Ben Doyle
Aug 19, 2013

ABCD is a square, therefore, sides AB, BC, CB & DA = root120 (as 120 is the area of ABCD). Root120 can be simplified to 2root30; therefore, AB, BC, CD & DA = 2root30. Thus, EA, AF, FB, BG, GC, CH, HD & DE must equal root30. By using basic phythagoras' theorem, we can calculate the sides EF, FG, GH & HE; (root30)^2+(root30)^2 = ((30)+(30))^2 = root60. If sides EF, FG, GH & HE equal root60, [EFGH] = 60 as (root60)*(root60) = 60.

PS, I'm not sure how to employ mathematical signs (such as the sqrt sign) yet, so I apologise if this looks scruffy/unclear.

To type math, refer to the Math Formatting Guide .

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years, 9 months ago

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