In the above figure A B C D is a rectangle. X is any point on segment A D . Point A ′ is the reflection of point A on B X . Then find the ratio of the area of red region to the area of blue region. Give your answer to correct two decimal places.
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Good observation about the regions.
The proof of B X C = A B X + D C X could be shown more intuitively by drawing the perpendicular from X to B C and noting that it divides the rectangle into two pairs of congruent triangles, which is how I first learnt that Δ = 2 1 b h . Interesting question!
I solved this by taking the limiting case X → A . The white area approaches zero; the line CX approaches the diagonal CA, dividing the rectangle into two congruent triangles ABC and ADC.
Hey it came out very nicely in the end 1 . 0 0 0 0 . I went with coordinates as reflection is simpler there. Anyway great problem
When I find the answer 1 , at first I'm not sure if I'm correct since you ask to give answer correct to 2 decimal places!
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I intentionally put it so that the answer cannot be guessed easily.
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Using A B = C D and A D = A X + D X , we note that:
[ A B X ] + [ D C X ] = 2 1 ⋅ A B ⋅ A X + 2 1 ⋅ C D ⋅ D X = 2 A B ( A X + D X ) = 2 A B ⋅ A D = 2 [ A B C D ]
⇒ [ A B C D ] = 2 ( [ A B X ] + [ D C X ] ) ⇒ [ A B X ] + [ D C X ] + [ B X C ] = 2 ( [ A B X ] + [ D C X ] ) ⇒ [ B X C ] = [ A B X ] + [ D C X ] ⇒ [ B A ′ X ] + red region = [ A B X ] + [ D C X ]
Since A ′ is reflection of A in B X we easily have Δ B A X ≅ Δ B A ′ X ⇒ [ B A X ] = [ B A ′ X ] and using this fact from the above equation we have:
[ B A X ] + red region = [ A B X ] + [ D C X ] ⇒ red region = [ D C X ] = blue region
Since they are equal, their ratio is simply 1 .