Found problems: 698
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral. Prove that area $(ABCD) \le \frac{AB^2 + BC^2 + CD^2 + DA^2}{4}$
$H$ is the orthocentre of an acuteangled triangle $ABC$. A point $E$ is taken on the line segment $CH$ such that $ABE$ is a rightangled triangle. Prove that the area of the triangle $ABE$ is the geometric mean of the areas of triangles $ABC$ and $ABH$.
Consider a cyclic quadrilateral such that the midpoints of its sides form another cyclic quadrilateral. Prove that the area of the smaller circle is less than or equal to half the area of the bigger circle
What are the possible areas of a hexagon with all angles equal and sides $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$, and $6$, in some order?
You have an equilateral paper triangle of area $9$ and fold it in two, following a straight line that passes through the center of the triangle and does not contain any vertex of the triangle. Thus there remains a quadrilateral in which the two pieces overlap, and three triangles without overlaps. Determine the smallest possible value of the quadrilateral area of the overlay.
$4$ equilateral triangles of side length $1$ are drawn on the interior of a unit square, each one of which shares a side with one of the $4$ sides of the unit square. What is the common area enclosed by all $4$ equilateral triangles?
Each side of a triangle is extended in the same clockwise direction by the length of the given side as shown in the figure. How many times the area of the triangle, obtained by connecting the endpoints, is the area of the original triangle?
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Assign to each side $b$ of a convex polygon $P$ the maximum area of a triangle that has $b$ as a side and is contained in $P$. Show that the sum of the areas assigned to the sides of $P$ is at least twice the area of $P$.
A convex polygon is such that any segment dividing the polygon into two parts of equal area which has at least one end at a vertex has length $< 1$. Show that the area of the polygon is $< \pi /4$.
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.
The circle with the center of $ O $ touches the sides of the angle $ A $ at the points of $ K $ and $ M $. The tangent to the circle intersects the segments $ AK $ and $ AM $ at points $ B $ and $ C $ respectively, and the line $ KM $ intersects the segments $ OB $ and $ OC $ at the points $ D $ and $ E $. Prove that the area of the triangle $ ODE $ is equal to a quarter of the area of a triangle $ BOC $ if and only if the angle $ A $ is $ 60^\circ $.
Given big enough sheet of cross-lined paper with the side of the squares equal to $1$. We are allowed to cut it along the lines only. Prove that for every $m>12$ we can cut out a rectangle of the greater than $m$ area such, that it is impossible to cut out a rectangle of $m$ area from it.
In the right triangle $ABC$, the perpendicular sides $AB$ and $BC$ have lengths $3$ cm and $4$ cm, respectively. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the side $AC$ and let $D$ be a point, distinct from $A$, such that $BM = MD$ and $AB = BD$.
a) Prove that $BM$ is perpendicular to $AD$.
b) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral $ABDC$.
Let $a, b, c, d$ be the lengths of consecutive sides of a quadrilateral, and $S$ its area. Prove that $S \le \frac{ (a + b)(c + d)}{4}$
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral and let $E$ and $F$ be the points on the sides $AB$ and $CD$ respectively such that $AE : EB = CF : FD$. Point $P$ on the segment EF satsfies $EP : PF = AB : CD$. Prove that the ratio of the areas of $\vartriangle APD$ and $\vartriangle BPC$ does not depend on the choice of $E$ and $F$.
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, and let $ P$, $ Q$, $ R$ be three points in the interiors of the sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$ of this triangle. Prove that the area of at least one of the three triangles $ AQR$, $ BRP$, $ CPQ$ is less than or equal to one quarter of the area of triangle $ ABC$.
[i]Alternative formulation:[/i] Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, and let $ P$, $ Q$, $ R$ be three points on the segments $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively. Prove that
$ \min\left\{\left|AQR\right|,\left|BRP\right|,\left|CPQ\right|\right\}\leq\frac14\cdot\left|ABC\right|$,
where the abbreviation $ \left|P_1P_2P_3\right|$ denotes the (non-directed) area of an arbitrary triangle $ P_1P_2P_3$.
Let $ABCDEF$ be a regular hexagon with sides $1m$ and $O$ as its center. Suppose that $OPQRST$ is a regular hexagon, so that segments $OP$ and $AB$ intersect at $X$ and segments $OT$ and $CD$ intersect at $Y$, as shown in the figure below. Determine the area of the pentagon $OXBCY$.
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.
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The lengths of a rectangle’s sides and of its diagonal are integers. Prove that the area of the rectangle is an integer multiple of $12$.
In the figure below, parallelograms $ABCD$ and $BFEC$ have areas $1234$ cm$^2$ and $2804$ cm$^2$, respectively.
Points $M$ and $N$ are chosen on sides $AD$ and $FE$, respectively, so that segment $MN$ passes through $B$.
Find the area of $\vartriangle MNC$.
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The sides of the parallelogram serve as the diagonals of the four squares. The vertices of the squares lying in the part of the plane external to the parallelogram (the sides of the squares emerging from these vertices do not have common points with the parallelogram) serve as the vertices of a quadrilateral of area $a$, the four vertices opposite to them form a quadrilateral of area $b$. Find the area of the parallelogram.
Find the smallest real $\alpha$, such that for any convex polygon $P$ with area $1$, there exist a point $M$ in the plane, such that the area of convex hull of $P\cup Q$ is at most $\alpha$, where $Q$ denotes the image of $P$ under central symmetry with respect to $M$.
The incircle of a triangle $A_0B_0C_0$ touches the sides $B_0C_0,C_0A_0,A_0B_0$ at the points $A,B,C$ respectively, and the incircle of the triangle $ABC$ with incenter $ I$ touches the sides $BC,CA, AB$ at the points $A_1, B_1,C_1$, respectively. Let $\sigma(ABC)$ and $\sigma(A_1B_1C)$ be the areas of the triangles $ABC$ and $A_1B_1C$ respectively. Show that if $\sigma(ABC) = 2 \sigma(A_1B_1C)$ , then the lines $AA_0, BB_0,IC_1$ pass through a common point .
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 $G Y Z$.
The figure shows a line intersecting a square lattice. The area of some arising quadrilaterals are also indicated. What is the area of the region with the question mark?
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