Triangle Inside a Hexagon

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A B C D E F ABCDEF is a regular hexagon with C D = 1 cm CD = 1 \text{ cm} . Point H H lies on D E DE such that D H = H E DH = HE . Point G G lies on E F EF such that E G = G F EG = GF . Diagonal C F CF intersects segment B G BG at J J and intersects B H BH at K K . Find the area of B J K \triangle BJK (in cm 2 \text{cm}^2 ) to two decimal places.


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The answer is 0.25.

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Since the regular hexagon with is made up of 6 equilateral triangle of the same side length. It can easily see that diagonal C F = 2 CF = 2 .

We note that B C J \triangle BCJ and G F J \triangle GFJ are similar. Therefore C J F J = B C G F = 2 \dfrac {CJ}{FJ} = \dfrac {BC}{GF} = 2 , C J = 2 F J \implies CJ = 2FJ . Since C F = 2 CF = 2 , C J = 4 3 \implies CJ = \dfrac 43 .

Now, we connect B D BD which intersects C F CF at L L . Again, we note that B K L \triangle BKL and B H D \triangle BHD are similar and K L H D = B L B D = 1 2 \dfrac {KL}{HD} = \dfrac {BL}{BD} = \dfrac 12 , K L = 1 2 H D = 1 4 \implies KL = \dfrac 12 HD = \dfrac 14 .

Now the area of B J K \triangle BJK is given by:

[ B J K ] = J K B L 2 = ( C J K L L C ) sin 6 0 2 = ( 4 3 1 4 cos 6 0 ) sin 6 0 2 = 7 3 48 0.25 \begin{aligned} [BJK] & = \frac {JK\cdot BL}2 \\ & = \frac {(CJ-KL-LC)\sin 60^\circ}2 \\ & = \frac {\left(\frac 43-\frac 14-\cos 60^\circ \right) \sin 60^\circ}2 \\ & = \frac {7\sqrt 3}{48} \approx \boxed{0.25} \end{aligned}

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