Friday, June 22, 2012

Problem 771: Area of a Parallelogram, Star, Pentagon, Triangles

Geometry Problem
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.

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Online Geometry Problem 771: Area of a Parallelogram, Star, Pentagon, Triangles.

2 comments:

  1. http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9572/problem771.png

    Assign areas per attached sketch
    We have Area(EBC)=S2+S3+P1= 1/2. BC*h1
    Area(EAD)=S4+S5+P2= ½. AD * h2
    So S2+S3+S4+S5+P1+P2=1/2. BC*(h1+h2)= ½.BC*h = ½ Area(ABCD)
    Area(ABG)=1/2*h*BG=Area(AGF) => S1=S6+P1+P2

    Combine above 2 expressions we get S1+S2+S3+S4+S5-S6= ½.Area(ABCD)

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  2. Let the area of "white" triangle with a vertex at F and at G be a and b respectively.

    First, S(BCE) + S(ADE) = S/2,
    (S2 + b + S3) + (S4 + a + S5) = S/2
    (S2 + S3 + S4 + S5) + (a + b) = S/2.....(1)

    Now consider trapezium ABGF,
    let AG and BF intersect at H.

    Then S(ABH) = S(FGH),
    S1 = S6 + (a + b)
    a + b = S1 - S6.....(2)

    Substitute (2) into (1),
    S1 + S2 + S3 + S4 + S5 - S6 = S/2

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