In rectangle , the length of side is and the length of side is . Point lies on the diagonal such that . What is the area of triangle ?
Cevap: 18
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18
The correct answer is 18. The area of the right triangle is half of the area of rectangle , which is . Since point lies on diagonal such that , triangle has a base of along line and shares vertex with triangle . Thus, its area is of the area of triangle , which is . Similarly, triangle shares vertex with triangle and has base , so its area is of the area of triangle , which is . Because , point lies inside triangle . Therefore, the area of triangle is the area of triangle minus the areas of triangles and , which is .
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Anahtar Kavram
Partitioning the area of a polygon and using the ratio of bases for triangles sharing a vertex to compute sub-areas.
Alternatif Yöntem
Alternatively, place the rectangle in a coordinate system with at the origin , at , at , and at . The coordinates of point on diagonal (from to ) at one-third of the distance from to are and . The area of triangle with vertices , , and can be found using the shoelace formula: .
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