In a square $ABCD$, $E$ is the midpoint of side $BC$. Line $AE$ intersects line $DC$ at $F$ and diagonal $BD$ at $G$. If the area $(EFC) = 8$, determine the area $(GBE)$.

The star shown is symmetric with respect to each of the six diagonals shown. All segments connecting the points $A_1, A_2, . . . , A_6$ with the centre of the star have the length $1$, and all the angles at $B_1, B_2, . . . , B_6$ indicated in the figure are right angles. Calculate the area of the star. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rso2aWGUq_k/XzcAm4BkAvI/AAAAAAAAMW0/277afcqTfCgZOHshf_6ce2XpinWWR4SZACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2006%2BMohr%2Bp1.png[/img]

Given a right triangle $ABC$ with the hypotenuse $AB$. Let $K$ be any interior point of triangle $ABC$ and points $L, M$ are symmetric of point $K$ wrt lines $BC, AC$ respectively. Specify all possible values for $S_{ABLM} / S_{ABC}$, where $S_{XY ... Z}$ indicates the area of the polygon $XY...Z$ .

Points $A$ and $B$ are given on a circle. With the help of a compass and a ruler, construct on this circle the points $C,$ $D$, $E$ that lie on one side of the straight line $AB$ and for which the pentagon with vertices $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$, $E$ has the largest possible area

Csenge has a yellow and a red foil on her rectangular window which look beautiful in the morning light. Where the two foils overlap, they look orange. The window is $80$ cm tall, $120$ cm wide and its corners are denoted by $A, B, C$ and $D$ in the figure. The two foils are triangular and both have two of their vertices at the two bottom corners of the window, A and $B$. The third vertex of the yellow foil is $S$, the trisecting point of side $DC$ closer to $D$, whereas the third vertex of the red foil is $P$, which is one fourth on the way on segment $SC$, closer to $C$. The red region (i.e. triangle $BPE$) is of area $16$ dm$^2$. What is the total area of the regions not covered by foil? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/c/ea371aeafde6968506da6f3456e88fa0bddc6d.png[/img]

Let $K$ be a convex polygon in the plane and suppose that $K$ is positioned in the coordinate system in such a way that \[\text{area } (K \cap Q_i) =\frac 14 \text{area } K \ (i = 1, 2, 3, 4, ),\] where the $Q_i$ denote the quadrants of the plane. Prove that if $K$ contains no nonzero lattice point, then the area of $K$ is less than $4.$

A part of a forest park which is located between two roads has caught fire. The fire is spreading at a speed of $10$ kilometers per hour. If the distance between the starting point of the fire and both roads is $10$ kilometers, what is the area of the burned region after two hours in kilometers squared? (Assume that the roads are long, straight parallel lines and the fire does not enter the roads) $\textbf{(A)}\ 200\sqrt 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 100 \sqrt 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 400\sqrt 3 + 400 \frac{\pi}{3} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 200\sqrt 3 + 400 \frac{\pi}{3} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 400\sqrt 3 $

Consider the set of all rectangles with a given area $S$. Find the largest value o $ M = \frac{16-p}{p^2+2p}$ where $p$ is the perimeter of the rectangle.

Given a quadrilateral $ABCD$ with $AB = BC =3$ cm, $CD = 4$ cm, $DA = 8$ cm and $\angle DAB + \angle ABC = 180^o$. Calculate the area of the quadrilateral.

Three circles that touch each other externally have all their centers on one fourth circle with radius $R$. Show that the total area of the three circle disks is smaller than $4\pi R^2$.

The width of rectangle $ABCD$ is twice its height, and the height of rectangle $EFCG$ is twice its width. The point $E$ lies on the diagonal $BD$. Which fraction of the area of the big rectangle is that of the small one? [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aeqefhbBh5E/XzcBjhgg7sI/AAAAAAAAMXM/B0qSgWDBuqc3ysd-mOitP1LarOtBdJJ3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2004%2BMohr%2Bp1.png[/img]

On the sides $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, $DA$ of the square $ABCD$ points $P, Q, R, T$ are chosen such that $$\frac{AP}{PB}=\frac{BQ}{QC}=\frac{CR}{RD}=\frac{DT}{TA}=\frac12.$$ The segments $AR$, $BT$, $CP$, $DQ$ in the intersection form the quadrilateral $KLMN$ (see figure). [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/c/587a2358734c300fe7082c520f90c91f872b49.png[/img] a) Prove that $KLMN$ is a square. b) Find the ratio of the areas of the squares $KLMN$ and $ABCD$. (Alexander Shkolny)

A rectangular sheet of paper (white on one side and gray on the other) was folded three times, as shown in the figure: Rectangle $1$, which was white after the first fold, has $20$ cm more perimeter than rectangle $2$, which was white after the second fold, and this in turn has $16$ cm more perimeter than rectangle $3$, which was white after the third fold. Determine the area of the sheet. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/f/8e363b40654ad0d8e100eac38319ee3784a7a7.png[/img]

Find the area of the figure on the coordinate plane bounded by the straight lines $x = 0$, $x = 2$ and the graphs of the functions $y =\sqrt{x^3+ 1}$ and $y = - \sqrt[3]{x^2+ 2x}$.

Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon such that $BCEF$ is a parallelogram and $ABF$ an equilateral triangle. Given that $BC = 1, AD = 3, CD+DE = 2$, compute the area of $ABCDEF$

Let $D$ be the midpoint of side $BC$ of triangle $ABC$ and $E$ the midpoint of median $AD$. Line $BE$ intersects side $CA$ at $F$. Prove that the area of quadrilateral $CDEF$ is $\frac{5}{12}$ the area of triangle $ABC$.

Let $[ABC]$ be an equilateral triangle and $P$ be a point on $AC$ such that $\overline{PC}= 7$. The straight line that passes through $P$ and is perpendicular to $AC$, intersects $CB$ at point $M$ and intersects $AB$ at point $Q$. The midpoint $N$ of $[MQ]$ is such that $\overline{BN} = 14$. Determine the side of the triangle $[ABC]$.

Given a $\triangle ABC$, determine which is the circle with the smallest area that contains it.

The radius of the circumcircle of triangle $\Delta$ is $R$ and the radius of the inscribed circle is $r$. Prove that a circle of radius $R + r$ has an area more than $5$ times the area of triangle $\Delta$.

Prove that the volume $V$ and the lateral area $S$ of a right circular cone satisfy the inequality \[\left( \frac{6V}{\pi}\right)^2 \leq \left( \frac{2S}{\pi \sqrt 3}\right)^3\] When does equality occur?

In the square, the midpoints of the two sides were marked and the segments shown in the figure on the left were drawn. Which of the shaded quadrilaterals has the largest area? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/f/2be7bcda3fa04943687de9e043bd8baf40c98c.png[/img]

In triangle $ABC$, $\angle BAC= 60^o$. Point $P$ is taken inside the triangle so that angles $\angle APB=\angle BPC= \angle CP A=120^o$. It is known that $AP = a$. Find the area of triangle $BPC$.

Let $a, b, c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle, and let $S$ be its area. We know that $S = \frac14 (c^2 - a^2 - b^2)$. Prove that $\angle C = 135^o$.

Inside the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ lies the point $'M$. Reflect it symmetrically with respect to the midpoints of the sides of the quadrilateral and connect the obtained points so that they form a convex quadrilateral. Prove that the area of ​​this quadrilateral does not depend on the choice of the point $M$.

In the triangle $ ABC $ on the sides $ BC $, $ CA $, $ AB $, the points $ D $, $ E $, $ F $ are chosen respectively in such a way that $$ BD \colon DC = CE \colon EA = AF \colon FB = k,$$ where $k$ is a given positive number. Given the area $ S $ of the triangle $ ABC $, calculate the area of the triangle $ DEF $