Consider the pentagon below. Find its area. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/b/02ad3852b72682513cf62a170ed4aa45c23785.png[/img]

The diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ of a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ intersect at $E$. Denotes by $S_1,S_2$ and $S$ the areas of the triangles $ABE$, $CDE$ and the quadrilateral $ABCD$ respectively. Prove that $\sqrt{S_1}+\sqrt{S_2}\le \sqrt{S}$ . When equality is reached?

For three points $A,B,C$ in the plane, we define $m(ABC)$ to be the smallest length of the three heights of the triangle $ABC$, where in the case $A$, $B$, $C$ are collinear, we set $m(ABC) = 0$. Let $A$, $B$, $C$ be given points in the plane. Prove that for any point $X$ in the plane, \[ m(ABC) \leq m(ABX) + m(AXC) + m(XBC). \]

Inside the square $ABCD$ there is the square $A'B' C'D'$ so that the segments $AA', BB', CC'$ and $DD'$ do not intersect each other neither the sides of the smaller square (the sides of the larger and the smaller square do not need to be parallel). Prove that the sum of areas of the quadrangles $AA'B' B$ and $CC'D'D$ is equal to the sum of areas of the quadrangles $BB'C'C$ and $DD'A'A$.

In a triangle $ABC$, the bisector of the largest angle $\angle A$ meets $BC$ at point $D$. Let $E$ and $F$ be the feet of perpendiculars from $D$ to $AC$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $R$ denote the ratio between the areas of triangles $DEB$ and $DFC$. (a) Prove that, for every real number $r > 0$, one can construct a triangle ABC for which $R$ is equal to $r$. (b) Prove that if $R$ is irrational, then at least one side length of $\vartriangle ABC$ is irrational. (c) Give an example of a triangle $ABC$ with exactly two sides of irrational length, but with rational $R$.

The segment of length $\ell$ with the ends on the border of a triangle divides the area of that triangle in half. Prove that $\ell >r\sqrt2$, where $r$ is the radius of the inscribed circle of the triangle.

From a paper quadrilateral like the one in the figure, you have to cut out a new quadrilateral whose area is equal to half the area of the original quadrilateral.You can only bend one or more times and cut by some of the lines of the folds. Describe the folds and cuts and justify that the area is half. [img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-btvafZuTvlk/XNY8nba0BmI/AAAAAAAAKLo/nm4c21A1hAIK3PKleEwt6F9cd6zv4XffwCK4BGAYYCw/s400/may%2B2012%2Bl1.png[/img]

Two perpendiculars are drawn from the midpoints of each side of the acute-angle triangle to two other sides. Those six segments make hexagon. Prove that the hexagon area is a half of the triangle area.

Three cyclists started simultaneously on three parallel straight paths (at the time of the start, the athletes were on the same straight line). Cyclists travel at constant speeds. $1$ second after the start, the triangle formed by the cyclists had an area of ​​$5$ m$^2$. What area will such a triangle have in $10$ seconds after the start?

In a triangle $A B C$, let $E$ be the midpoint of $A C$ and $F$ be the midpoint of $A B$. The medians $B E$ and $C F$ intersect at $G$. Let $Y$ and $Z$ be the midpoints of $B E$ and $C F$ respectively. If the area of triangle $A B C$ is 480 , find the area of triangle $G Y Z$.

Show that if $ A$ is a shape in the Cartesian coordinate plane with area greater than $ 1$, then there are distinct points $(a, b)$, $(c, d)$ in $A$ where $a - c = 2x + 5y$ and $b - d = x + 3y$ where $x, y$ are integers.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $O$ be its circumcircle. Let $A', B', C'$ be the midpoints of minor arcs $AB$, $BC$ and $CA$ respectively. Let $I$ be the center of incircle of $ABC$. If $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$ and $AC = 15$, what is the area of the hexagon $AA'BB'CC'$? Suppose $m \angle BAC = \alpha$ , $m \angle CBA = \beta$, and $m \angle ACB = \gamma$. [b]p10.[/b] Let the incircle of $ABC$ be tangent to $AB, BC$, and $AC$ at $J, K, L$, respectively. Compute the angles of triangles $JKL$ and $A'B'C'$ in terms of $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$, and conclude that these two triangles are similar. [b]p11.[/b] Show that triangle $AA'C'$ is congruent to triangle $IA'C'$. Show that $AA'BB'CC'$ has twice the area of $A'B'C'$. [b]p12.[/b] Let $r = JL/A'C'$ and the area of triangle $JKL$ be $S$. Using the previous parts, determine the area of hexagon $AA'BB'CC'$ in terms of $ r$ and $S$. [b]p13.[/b] Given that the circumradius of triangle $ABC$ is $65/8$ and that $S = 1344/65$, compute $ r$ and the exact value of the area of hexagon $AA'BB'CC'$. PS. You had better use hide for answers.

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral. Let $E$ and $F$ be variable points on the sides $AB$ and $CD$, respectively, such that $AE:EB=CF:FD$. Let $P$ be the point on the segment $EF$ such that $PE:PF=AB:CD$. Prove that the ratio between the areas of triangles $APD$ and $BPC$ does not depend on the choice of $E$ and $F$.

Prove that there exists a unique point $M$ on the side $AD$ of a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that \[\sqrt{S_{ABM}}+\sqrt{S_{CDM}} = \sqrt{S_{ABCD}}\] if and only if $AB\parallel CD$.

$ABCD$ is a rectangle. $I$ is the midpoint of $CD$. $BI$ meets $AC$ at $M$. Show that the line $DM$ passes through the midpoint of $BC$. $E$ is a point outside the rectangle such that $AE = BE$ and $\angle AEB = 90^o$. If $BE = BC = x$, show that $EM$ bisects $\angle AMB$. Find the area of $AEBM$ in terms of $x$.

A quadrilateral is cut from a piece of gift wrapping paper, which has equally wide white and gray stripes. The grey stripes in the quadrilateral have a combined area of $10$. Determine the area of the quadrilateral. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ia13b4RsNs0/XzP0cepAcEI/AAAAAAAAMT8/0UuCogTRyj4yMJPhfSK3OQihRqfUT7uSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2020%2Bmohr%2Bp2.png[/img]

Triangle $ABC$ has side lengths $AB = 3$, $BC = 4$, and $CD = 5$. Draw line $\ell_A$ such that $\ell_A$ is parallel to $BC$ and splits the triangle into two polygons of equal area. Define lines $\ell_B$ and $\ell_C$ analogously. The intersection points of $\ell_A$, $\ell_B$, and $\ell_C$ form a triangle. Determine its area.

Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle of area $1998$ cm$^2$. Points $K, L, M$ divide the segments $[AB], [BC] ,[CA]$, respectively, in the ratio $3:4$ . Line $AL$ intersects the lines $CK$ and $BM$ respectively at the points $P$ and $Q$, and the line $BM$ intersects the line $CK$ at point $R$. Find the area of the triangle $PQR$.

Given a triangle $ABC$ with the unit area. The first player chooses a point $X$ on the side $[AB]$, than the second -- $Y$ on $[BC]$ side, and, finally, the first chooses a point $Z$ on $[AC]$ side. The first tries to obtain the greatest possible area of the $XYZ$ triangle, the second -- the smallest. What area can obtain the first for sure and how?

All twelve points on the circle are at equal distances. The only marked point inside is the center of the circle. Determine which part of the whole circle in the picture is filled in. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/9/0/9a6af9cef6a4bb03fb4d3eef715f3fd77c74b3.png[/img]

A triangle $ABC$ with area $1$ is given. Anja and Bernd are playing the following game: Anja chooses a point $X$ on side $BC$. Then Bernd chooses a point $Y$ on side $CA$ und at last Anja chooses a point $Z$ on side $AB$. Also, $X,Y$ and $Z$ cannot be a vertex of triangle $ABC$. Anja wants to maximize the area of triangle $XYZ$ and Bernd wants to minimize that area. What is the area of triangle $XYZ$ at the end of the game, if both play optimally?

The point $M$ inside a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ is equidistant from the lines $AB$ and $CD$ and is equidistant from the lines $BC$ and $AD$. The area of $ABCD$ occurred to be equal to $MA\cdot MC +MB \cdot MD$. Prove that the quadrilateral $ABCD$ is a) tangential (circumscribed), b) cyclic (inscribed). (Nairi Sedrakyan)

Let $P$ be a polygon that is convex and symmetric to some point $O$. Prove that for some parallelogram $R$ satisfying $P\subset R$ we have \[\frac{|R|}{|P|}\leq \sqrt 2\] where $|R|$ and $|P|$ denote the area of the sets $R$ and $P$, respectively. [i]Proposed by Witold Szczechla, Poland[/i]

The edges of the square in the figure have length $1$. Find the area of the marked region in terms of $a$, where $0 \le a \le 1$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/2/2/f2b6ca973f66c50e39124913b3acb56feff8bb.png[/img]

Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. $N$ is a point on the side $AC$ such that $\vec{AC} = 7\vec{AN}$, $M$ is a point on the side $AB$ such that $MN$ is parallel to $BC$ and $P$ is a point on the side $BC$ such that $MP$ is parallel to $AC$. Find the ratio of areas $\frac{ (MNP)}{(ABC)}$