If and are the midpoints of lines and respectively and , , and divide line into four equal lengths. what is the percentage of the shaded area to the area of the right angle triangle?
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We note that the four blue right triangles and the green triangle are similar to △ A B C . If the hypotenuse B C = 1 , then the hypotenuse of a blue triangle is 4 1 and the hypotenuse of the green triangle is 2 1 . Since the area of similar shape figure is directly proportional to the square of the linear dimension. If the area of △ A B C is A A B C = a , then the area of a blue triangle is A blue ( 4 1 ) 2 a = 1 6 1 a and the area of the green triangle is A green ( 2 1 ) 2 a = 4 1 a . Therefore the area of the orange region is:
A orange ⟹ A A B C A orange = A A B C − 4 A blue − A green = a − 1 6 4 a − 4 1 a = 2 1 a = a 2 1 a = 0 . 5 = 5 0 %