Two squares with side $12$ lie exactly on top of each other. One square is rotated around a corner point through an angle of $30$ degrees relative to the other square. Determine the area of the common piece of the two squares. [asy] unitsize (2 cm); pair A, B, C, D, Bp, Cp, Dp, P; A = (0,0); B = (-1,0); C = (-1,1); D = (0,1); Bp = rotate(-30)*(B); Cp = rotate(-30)*(C); Dp = rotate(-30)*(D); P = extension(C, D, Bp, Cp); fill(A--Bp--P--D--cycle, gray(0.8)); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(A--Bp--Cp--Dp--cycle); label("$30^\circ$", (-0.5,0.1), fontsize(10)); [/asy]

Consider the function $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} ,\quad f(x)=\max (x-3,2) . $ Find the perimeter and the area of the figure delimited by the lines $ x=-3,x=1, $ the $ Ox $ axis, and the graph of $ f. $

Let $P = (7, 1)$ and let $O = (0, 0)$. (a) If $S$ is a point on the line $y = x$ and $T$ is a point on the horizontal $x$-axis so that $P$ is on the line segment $ST$, determine the minimum possible area of triangle $OST$. (b) If $U$ is a point on the line $y = x$ and $V$ is a point on the horizontal $x$-axis so that $P$ is on the line segment $UV$, determine the minimum possible perimeter of triangle $OUV$.

Let $[ABCD]$ be a parallelogram and $P$ a point between $C$ and $D$. The line parallel to $AD$ that passes through $P$ intersects the diagonal $AC$ in $Q$. Knowing that the area of $[PBQ]$ is $2$ and the area of $[ABP]$ is $6$, determine the area of $[PBC]$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/0/8/664a00020065b7ad6300a062613fca4650b8d0.png[/img]

Two points are located $10$ units apart, and a circle is drawn with radius $ r$ centered at one of the points. A tangent line to the circle is drawn from the other point. What value of $ r$ maximizes the area of the triangle formed by the two points and the point of tangency?

An interior point in a rectangle is connected by line segments to the midpoints of its four sides. Thus four domains (polygons) with the areas $a, b, c$ and $d$ appear (see the figure). Prove that $a + c = b + d$. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BipDNHELjJI/XzcCa68P3HI/AAAAAAAAMXY/H2Iqya9VItMLXrRqsdyxHLTXCAZ02nEtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2002%2BMohr%2Bp1.png[/img]

Divide the unit square into $9$ equal squares by means of two pairs of lines parallel to the sides (see figure). Now remove the central square. Treat the remaining $8$ squares the same way, and repeat the process $n$ times. (a) How many squares of side length $1/3^n$ remain? (b) What is the sum of the areas of the removed squares as $n$ becomes infinite? [center][img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/d/3e6e68559919583c24d4457f946bc4cef3922f.png[/img][/center]

Is it possible to divide a circle by three chords, different from diameters, into several equal parts?

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]

Let $\Delta ABC$ be a triangle and $P$ be a point in its interior. Prove that \[ \frac{[BPC]}{PA^2}+\frac{[CPA]}{PB^2}+\frac{[APB]}{PC^2} \ge \frac{[ABC]}{R^2} \] where $R$ is the radius of the circumcircle of $\Delta ABC$, and $[XYZ]$ is the area of $\Delta XYZ$.

In convex hexagon $ABCDEF, AB$ is parallel to $CF, CD$ is parallel to $BE$ and $EF$ is parallel to $AD$. Prove that the areas of triangles $ACE$ and $BDF$ are equal .

In a triangle $ABC$ with $AC = b \ne BC = a$, points $E,F$ are taken on the sides $AC,BC$ respectively such that $AE = BF =\frac{ab}{a+b}$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $AB$ and $EF$ respectively, and $P$ be the intersection point of the segment $EF$ with the bisector of $\angle ACB$. Find the ratio of the area of $CPMN$ to that of $ABC$.

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezium with $AB// DC, AB = b, AD = a ,a<b$ and $O$ the intersection point of the diagonals. Let $S$ be the area of the trapezium $ABCD$. Suppose the area of $\vartriangle DOC$ is $2S/9$. Find the value of $a/b$.

Ali Barber, the carpet merchant, has a rectangular piece of carpet whose dimensions are unknown. Unfortunately, his tape measure is broken and he has no other measuring instruments. However, he finds that if he lays it flat on the floor of either of his storerooms, then each corner of the carpet touches a different wall of that room. He knows that the sides of the carpet are integral numbers of feet and that his two storerooms have the same (unknown) length, but widths of 38 feet and 50 feet respectively. What are the carpet dimensions?

Let $ABC$ be an acute traingle with $AC \neq BC$. Point $K$ is a foot of altitude through vertex $C$. Point $O$ is a circumcenter of $ABC$. Prove that areas of quadrilaterals $AKOC$ and $BKOC$ are equal.

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.

Is there a triangle with $12 \, cm^2$ area and $12$ cm perimeter?

Is there a planar polygon whose vertices have integer coordinates and whose area is $1/2$, such that this polygon is (a) a triangle with at least two sides longer than $1000$? (b) a triangle whose sides are all longer than $1000$? (c) a quadrangle?

$ABCD$ is a convex quadrilateral. $X$ lies on the segment $AB$ with $\frac{AX}{XB} = \frac{m}{n}$. $Y$ lies on the segment $CD$ with $\frac{CY}{YD} = \frac{m}{n}$. $AY$ and $DX$ intersect at $P$, and $BY$ and $CX$ intersect at $Q$. Show that $\frac{S_{XQYP}}{S_{ABCD}} < \frac{mn}{m^2 + mn + n^2}$.

a) Each diagonal of the quadrangle halves its area. Prove that it is a parallelogram. b) Three main diagonals of the hexagon halve its area. Prove that they intersect in one point.

In the triangle $ ABC $, the point $ A' $ on the side $ BC $, the point $ B' $ on the side $ AC $, the point $ C' $ on the side $ AB $ are chosen so that the straight lines $ AA' $, $ CC' $ intersect at one point, i.e. equivalently $ |BA'| \cdot |CB'| \cdot |AC'| = |CA'| \cdot |AB'| \cdot |BC'| $. Prove that the area of triangle $ A'B'C' $ is not greater than $ 1/4 $ of the area of triangle $ ABC $.

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]

Choose a point $A$ inside a circle of radius $R$. Construct a pair of perpendicular lines through $A$. Then rotate these lines through the same angle $V$ about $A$. The figure formed inside the circle, as the lines move from their initial to their final position, is in the form of a cross with its centre at $A$. Find the area of this cross. (Problem from Latvia)

Ali Barber, the carpet merchant, has a rectangular piece of carpet whose dimensions are unknown. Unfortunately, his tape measure is broken and he has no other measuring instruments. However, he finds that if he lays it flat on the floor of either of his storerooms, then each corner of the carpet touches a different wall of that room. If the two rooms have dimensions of 38 feet by 55 feet and 50 feet by 55 feet, what are the carpet dimensions?

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)