In the figure bellow the trapezium is isosceles. is parallel to and the diagonals and are crossing in the point . The triangle has an area of and the triangle has an area of . What is the area of the triangle in ?
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Since the trapezoid A B C D is isosceles, let A P = B P = x , C P = D P = y and angle A P B = angle C P D = θ . The areas of triangles A P B , C P D are respectively given to be:
2 1 x 2 s i n ( θ ) = 4 , 2 1 y 2 s i n ( θ ) = 9
which solving for y in terms of x gives: x 2 4 = y 2 9 ⇒ y = 2 3 x . The area of triangle B P C now computes to:
2 1 x y s i n ( π − θ ) = 2 1 x y s i n ( θ ) = 2 1 x ( 2 3 x ) s i n ( θ ) = 2 3 ⋅ [ 2 1 x 2 s i n ( θ ) ] = 2 3 ⋅ 4 = 6 . ;