Consider a quadrilateral with , and . The diagonals and intersect at . If and , find the area of the quadrilateral .
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Since ∠ A = 6 0 ∘ , ∠ B = 9 0 ∘ , and ∠ C = 1 2 0 ∘ , ⟹ ∠ D = 3 6 0 ∘ − 6 0 ∘ − 9 0 ∘ − 1 2 0 ∘ = 9 0 ∘ . Note that opposite angles ∠ A + ∠ C = 1 8 0 ∘ and ∠ B + ∠ D = 1 8 0 ∘ . This means that ⟹ A B C D is a cyclic quadrilateral . Let the center of the circumcircle be O . Then ∠ D O B = 2 ∠ A = 1 2 0 ∘ . Let the circumradius be r . Then r = 2 B D csc 2 ∠ D O B = 2 3 × 3 2 = 3 . By sine rule ,
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ M B sin ∠ B O M = O B sin ∠ B M C M D sin ∠ D O M = O D sin ∠ D M C = O B sin ∠ B M C ⟹ M B sin ∠ B O M = M D sin ∠ D O M
Let ∠ B O M = θ . Then
1 sin θ 2 sin θ tan θ ⟹ θ = 2 sin ( 1 2 0 ∘ − θ ) = 2 3 cos θ + 2 1 sin θ = 3 1 = 3 0 ∘
Then the area of quadrilateral A B C D :
[ A B C D ] = 2 1 A C ⋅ B N + 2 1 A C ⋅ O D = 2 A C ( B N + O D ) = 2 2 3 ( r sin 3 0 ∘ + r ) = 2 9 = 4 . 5