Found problems: 698
Several equal spherical planets are given in outer space. On the surface of each planet there is a set of points that is invisible from any of the remaining planets. Prove that the sum of the areas of all these sets is equal to the area of the surface of one planet.
Triangles $ABC$ and $DEF$ have pairwise parallel sides: $EF \| BC, FD \| CA$, and $DE \| AB$. The line $m_A$ is the reflection of $EF$ through $BC$, similarly $m_B$ is the reflection of $FD$ through $CA$, and $m_C$ the reflection of $DE$ through $AB$. Assume that the lines $m_A, m_B$, and $m_C$ meet in a common point. What is the ratio between the areas of triangles $ABC$ and $DEF$?
$O$ is the point of intersection of the diagonals of the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$. It is known that the areas of triangles $AOB, BOC, COD$ and $DOA$ are expressed in natural numbers. Prove that the product of these areas cannot end in $1985$.
Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle and let $E$ and $F$ be points on $CD$ and $BC$ respectively such that area $(ADE) = 16$, area $(CEF) = 9$ and area $(ABF) = 25$. What is the area of triangle $AEF$ ?
In a triangle $ABC$ let $D,E,Z,H,G$ be the midpoints of $BC,AD,BD,ED,EZ$ respectively. Let $I$ be the intersection of $BE,AC$ and let $K$ be the intersection of $HG,AC$. Prove that:
a) $AK=3CK$
b) $HK=3HG$
c) $BE=3EI$
d) $(EGH)=\frac{1}{32}(ABC)$
Notation $(...)$ stands for area of $....$
A non-convex $n$-gon is cut into three parts by a straight line, and two parts are put together so that the resulting polygon is equal to the third part. Can $n$ be equal to:
a) five?
b) four?
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 .
A bowl is formed by attaching four regular hexagons of side 1 to a square of side 1. The edges of adjacent hexagons coincide, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the octagon obtained by joining the top eight vertices of the four hexagons, situated on the rim of the bowl?
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size(200);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));
draw((342,-662) -- (600, -727) -- (757,-619) -- (967,-400) -- (1016,-300) -- (912,-116) -- (651,-46) -- (238,-90) -- (82,-204) -- (184, -388) -- (447,-458) -- (859,-410) -- (1016,-300));
draw((82,-204) -- (133,-490) -- (342, -662));
draw((652,-626) -- (600,-727));
draw((447,-458) -- (652,-626) -- (859,-410));
draw((133,-490) -- (184, -388));
draw((967,-400) -- (912,-116)^^(342,-662) -- (496, -545) -- (757,-619)^^(496, -545) -- (446, -262) -- (238, -90)^^(446, -262) -- (651, -46),linewidth(0.6)+linetype("5 5")+gray(0.4));
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$\textbf{(A) }6\qquad\textbf{(B) }7\qquad\textbf{(C) }5+2\sqrt{2}\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$
The quadrilateral $ABCD$ with perpendicular diagonals is inscribed in the circle with center $O$, the points $M,N$ are the midpoints of $[BC]$ and $[CD]$ respectively. Find the ratio of areas of the figures $OMCN$ and $ABCD$
Let $\omega$ be the incircle of $\vartriangle ABC$, $\omega$ is tangent to sides $BC$ and $AC$ at $D$ and $E$ respectively. The line perpendicular to $BC$ at $D$ intersects $\omega$ again at $P$. Lines $AP$ and $BC$ intersect at $M$. Let $N$ be a point on segment $AC$ so that $AE = CN$. Line $BN$ intersects $\omega$ at $Q$ (closer to $B$) and intersect $AM$ at $R$. Show that the area of $\vartriangle ABR$ is equal to the area of $PQMN$.
Let's call a convex figure, the boundary of which consists of two segments and an arc of a circle, a mushroom-gon (see fig.). An arbitrary mushroom-gon is given. Use a compass and straightedge to draw a straight line dividing its area in half.
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Let $\omega=-\tfrac{1}{2}+\tfrac{1}{2}i\sqrt3.$ Let $S$ denote all points in the complex plane of the form $a+b\omega+c\omega^2,$ where $0\leq a \leq 1,0\leq b\leq 1,$ and $0\leq c\leq 1.$ What is the area of $S$?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{2}\sqrt3 \qquad\textbf{(B) } \frac{3}{4}\sqrt3 \qquad\textbf{(C) } \frac{3}{2}\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(D) } \frac{1}{2}\pi\sqrt3 \qquad\textbf{(E) } \pi$
On a straight line $\ell$ there are four points, $A$, $B$, $C$ and $D$ in that order, such that $AB=BC=CD$. A point $E$ is chosen outside the straight line so that when drawing the segments $EB$ and $EC$, an equilateral triangle $EBC$ is formed . Segments $EA$ and $ED$ are drawn, and a point $F$ is chosen so that when drawing the segments $FA$ and $FE$, an equilateral triangle $FAE$ is formed outside the triangle $EAD$. Finally, the lines $EB$ and $FA$ are drawn , which intersect at the point $G$. If the area of triangle $EBD$ is $10$, calculate the area of triangle $EFG$.
Let $ABCDEF$ be a cyclic hexagon such that \[AB=BC,\quad CD=DE,\quad EF=FA.\] Show that \[[ACE]\le[BDF]\]
and determine when the equality holds. ($[XYZ]$ denotes the area of the triangle $XYZ.$)
Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon and area of $\vartriangle ABC =$ area of $\vartriangle BCD =$ area of $\vartriangle CDE=$ area of $\vartriangle DEA =$ area of $\vartriangle EAB$. Given that area of $\vartriangle ABCDE = 2$. Evaluate the area of area of $\vartriangle ABC$.
Inside a circle with radius $6$ lie four smaller circles with centres $A,B,C$ and $D$. The circles touch each other as shown. The point where the circles with centres $A$ and $C$ touch each other is the centre of the big circle. Calculate the area of quadrilateral $ABCD$.
[img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FFsiOOdcjao/XzT_oJYuQAI/AAAAAAAAMVk/PpyUNpDBeEIESMsiElbexKOFMoCXRVaZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2012%2BMohr%2Bp1.png[/img]
A triangle $ABC$ and a point $P$ inside this triangle are given.
Define $D, E$ and $F$ as the midpoints of $AP, BP$ and $CP$, respectively. Furthermore, let $R$ be the intersection of $AE$ and $BD, S$ the intersection of $BF$ and $CE$, and $T$ the intersection of $CD$ and $AF$.
Prove that the area of hexagon $DRESFT$ is independent of the position of $P$ inside the triangle.
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unitsize(1 cm);
pair A, B, C, D, E, F, P, R, S, T;
A = (0,0);
B = (5,0);
C = (1.5,4);
P = (2,2);
D = (A + P)/2;
E = (B + P)/2;
F = (C + P)/2;
R = extension(A,E,B,D);
S = extension(B,F,C,E);
T = extension(C,D,A,F);
draw(A--B--C--cycle);
draw(A--P);
draw(B--P);
draw(C--P);
draw(A--F--B);
draw(B--D--C);
draw(C--E--A);
dot("$A$", A, SW);
dot("$B$", B, SE);
dot("$C$", C, N);
dot("$D$", D, dir(270));
dot("$E$", E, dir(270));
dot("$F$", F, W);
dot("$P$", P, dir(270));
dot("$R$", R, dir(270));
dot("$S$", S, SW);
dot("$T$", T, SE);
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The points $X, Y,Z$ are marked on the sides $AB, BC,AC$ of the triangle $ABC$, respectively. Points $A',B', C'$ are on the $XZ, XY, YZ$ sides of the triangle $XYZ$, respectively, so that $\frac{AB}{A'B'} = \frac{AB}{A'B'} =\frac{BC}{B'C'}= 2$ and $ABB'A',BCC'B',ACC'A'$ are trapezoids in which the sides of the triangle $ABC$ are bases.
a) Determine the ratio between the area of the trapezium $ABB'A'$ and the area of the triangle $A'B'X$.
b) Determine the ratio between the area of the triangle $XYZ$ and the area of the triangle $ABC$.
The points lie on three parallel lines with distances as indicated in the figure $A, B$ and $C$ such that square $ABCD$ is a square. Find the area of this square.
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Prove that every convex $n$-gon of area $1$ contains a quadrilateral of area at least $\frac12 $.
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Which of all planes, the one and the same body diagonal of a cube with the edge length $a$, cuts out a cut figure with the smallest area from the cube? Calculate the area of such a cut figure.
[hide=original wording]Welche von allen Ebenen, die eine und dieselbe Korperdiagonale eines Wurfels mit der Kantenlange a enthalten, schneiden aus den W¨urfel eine Schnittfigur kleinsten Flacheninhaltes heraus? Berechnen
Sie den Fl¨acheninhalt solch einer Schnittfigur![/hide]
The Order "For Faithful Service" of the $7$th degree in shape is a combination of a semicircle with a diameter $AB = 2$ and a triangle $AM B$. The sides$ AM$ and $BM$ intersect the semicircle (the border of the semicircle). The part of the circle outside the triangle and the part of the triangle outside the circle are made of pure copper. What should the side of the triangle be equal to in order for the area of the copper part to be the smallest?
Consider a triangle $ABC$ with $AB = 13, BC = 14, CA = 15$. A line perpendicular to $BC$ divides the interior of $\vartriangle BC$ into two regions of equal area. Suppose that the aforesaid perpendicular cuts $BC$ at $D$, and cuts $\vartriangle ABC$ again at $E$. If $L$ is the length of the line segment $DE$, find $L^2$.
A circle of radius $R$ is divided into $8$ equal parts. The points of division are denoted successively by $A, B, C, D, E, F , G$ and $H$. Find the area of the square formed by drawing the chords $AF$ , $BE$, $CH$ and $DG$.
Triangle $XYZ$ is inside square $KLMN$ shown below so that its vertices each lie on three different sides of the square. It is known that:
$\bullet$ The area of square $KLMN$ is $1$.
$\bullet$ The vertices of the triangle divide three sides of the square up into these ratios:
$KX : XL = 3 : 2$
$KY : YN = 4 : 1$
$NZ : ZM = 2 : 3$
What is the area of the triangle $XYZ$? (Note that the sketch is not drawn to scale).
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