Found problems: 259
The area of a triangle is determined by the lengths of its sides. Is the volume of a tetrahedron determined by the areas of its faces?
Let $X, Y$ , and $Z$ be concentric circles with radii $1$, $13$, and $22$, respectively. Draw points $A, B$, and $C$ on $X$, $Y$ , and $Z$, respectively, such that the area of triangle $ABC$ is as large as possible. If the area of the triangle is $\Delta$, find $\Delta^2$.
Points $ X $ and $ Y $ are the midpoints of the sides $ AB $ and $ AC $ of the triangle $ ABC $, $ I $ is the center of its inscribed circle, $ K $ is the point of tangency of the inscribed circles with side $ BC $. The external angle bisector at the vertex $ B $ intersects the line $ XY $ at the point $ P $, and the external angle bisector at the vertex of $ C $ intersects $ XY $ at $ Q $. Prove that the area of the quadrilateral $ PKQI $ is equal to half the area of the triangle $ ABC $.
A rectangle has side lengths $6$ and $8$. There are relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$ so that $\tfrac{m}{n}$ is the probability that a point randomly selected from the inside of the rectangle is closer to a side of the rectangle than to either diagonal of the rectangle. Find $m + n$.
The triangle $ABC$ is given. Inside its sides $AB$ and $AC$, the points $X$ and $Y$ are respectively selected Let $Z$ be the intersection of the lines $BY$ and $CX$. Prove the inequality $$[BZX] + [CZY]> 2 [XY Z]$$, where $[DEF]$ denotes the content of the triangle $DEF$.
(David Hruska, Josef Tkadlec)
Denote by $S(a,b,c)$ the area of a triangle whose lengthes of three sides are $a,b,c$
Prove that for any positive real numbers $a_{1},b_{1},c_{1}$ and $a_{2},b_{2},c_{2}$ which can serve as the lengthes of three sides of two triangles respectively ,we have
$ \sqrt{S(a_{1},b_{1},c_{1})}+\sqrt{S(a_{2},b_{2},c_{2})}\le\sqrt{S(a_{1}+a_{2},b_{1}+b_{2},c_{1}+c_{2})}$
In a triangle $ABC$, the incircle touches the sides $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$ respectively. If the radius if the incircle is $4$ units and if $BD, CE , AF$ are consecutive integers, find the sides of the triangle $ABC$.
Points $A' ,B' ,C'$ on the respective sides $BC,CA,AB$ of triangle $ABC$ satisfy $\frac{AC' }{AB} = \frac{BA' }{BC} = \frac{CB' }{CA} = k$. The lines $AA' ,BB' ,CC' $ form a triangle $A_1B_1C_1$ (possibly degenerate). Given $k$ and the area $S$ of $\triangle ABC$, compute the area of $\triangle A_1B_1C_1$.
Prove that for every triangle the following inequality holds:
\[\frac{ab+bc+ca}{4S} \geq \cot \frac{\pi}{6}.\]
where $a, b, c$ are lengths of the sides and $S$ is the area of the triangle.
Find the radius of a circle inscribed in a triangle with side lengths $4$, $5$, and $6$
In the trapezium $ABCD$ the sides $AB$ and $CD$ are parallel, and $E$ is a fixed point on the side $AB$. Determine the point $F$ on the side $CD$ so that the area of the intersection of the triangles $ABF$ and $CDE$ is as large as possible.
Let $O$ and $R$ be the circumcenter and circumradius of a triangle $ABC$, and let $P$ be any point in the plane of the triangle. The perpendiculars $PA_1,PB_1,PC_1$ are drawn from $P$ on $BC,CA,AB$. Express $S_{A_1B_1C_1}/S_{ABC}$ in terms of $R$ and $d = OP$, where $S_{XYZ}$ is the area of $\triangle XYZ$.
A trapezoid has side lengths $3, 5, 7,$ and $11$. The sum of all the possible areas of the trapezoid can be written in the form of $r_1 \sqrt{n_1} + r_2 \sqrt{n_2} + r_3$, where $r_1, r_2,$ and $r_3$ are rational numbers and $n_1$ and $n_2$ are positive integers not divisible by the square of a prime. What is the greatest integer less than or equal to
\[r_1 + r_2 + r_3 + n_1 + n_2?\]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 57\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 59\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 61\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 63\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 65 $
A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. Let $ A$ be the area of the circle circumscribed about the square and $ B$ be the area of the circle circumscribed about the triangle. Find $ A/B$.
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{9}{16} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{3}{4} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{27}{32} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{3\sqrt{6}}{8} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 1$
Line segment $AB$ has length $4$ and midpoint $M$. Let circle $C_1$ have diameter $AB$, and let circle $C_2$ have diameter $AM$. Suppose a tangent of circle $C_2$ goes through point $ B$ to intersect circle $C_1$ at $N$. Determine the area of triangle $AMN$.
Given two non-parallel segments $AB$ and $CD$ on the plane, find the locus of points $P$ on the plane such that the area of triangle $ABP$ is equal to the area of triangle $CDP$.
Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral with all the internal angles $< \pi$. Squares are drawn on each side as shown in the picture below. Let $\Delta_1 , \Delta_2 , \Delta_3 , \Delta_4$ denote the areas of the shaded triangles as shown. Prove that \[\Delta_1 - \Delta_2 + \Delta_3 - \Delta_4 = 0.\]
[asy]
//made from sweat and hardwork by SatisfiedMagma
import olympiad;
import geometry;
size(250);
pair A = (-3,0);
pair B = (0,2);
pair C = (5.88,0.44);
pair D = (0.96, -1.86);
pair H = B + rotate(90)*(C-B);
pair G = C + rotate(270)*(B-C);
pair J = C + rotate(90)*(D-C);
pair I = D + rotate(270)*(C-D);
pair L = D + rotate(90)*(A-D);
pair K = A + rotate(270)*(D-A);
pair F = A + rotate(90)*(B-A);
pair E = B + rotate(270)*(A-B);
draw(B--H--G--C--B, blue);
draw(C--J--I--D--C, red);
draw(B--E--F--A--B, orange);
draw(D--L--K--A--D, magenta);
draw(L--I, fuchsia); draw(J--G, fuchsia); draw(E--H, fuchsia); draw(F--K, fuchsia);
pen lightFuchsia = deepgreen + 0.5*white;
fill(D--L--I--cycle, lightFuchsia);
fill(A--K--F--cycle, lightFuchsia);
fill(E--B--H--cycle, lightFuchsia);
fill(C--J--G--cycle, lightFuchsia);
label("$\triangle_2$", (E+B+H)/3);
label("$\triangle_4$", (D+L+I)/3);
label("$\triangle_3$", (C+G+J)/3);
label("$\triangle_1$", (A+F+K)/3);
dot("$A$", A, S);
dot("$B$", B, S);
dot("$C$", C, S);
dot("$D$", D, N);
dot("$H$", H, dir(H));
dot("$G$", G, dir(G));
dot("$J$", J, dir(J));
dot("$I$", I, dir(I));
dot("$L$", L, dir(L));
dot("$K$", K, dir(K));
dot("$F$", F, dir(F));
dot("$E$", E, dir(E));
[/asy]
Let $ABCD$ be a square with side $20$ and $T_1, T_2, ..., T_{2000}$ are points in $ABCD$ such that no $3$ points in the set $S = \{A, B, C, D, T_1, T_2, ..., T_{2000}\}$ are collinear. Prove that there exists a triangle with vertices in $S$, such that the area is less than $1/10$.
In the rectangle $ABCD, BC = 5, EC = 1/3 CD$ and $F$ is the point where $AE$ and $BD$ are cut. The triangle $DFE$ has area $12$ and the triangle $ABF$ has area $27$. Find the area of the quadrilateral $BCEF$ .
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Isosceles triangles $T$ and $T'$ are not congruent but have the same area and the same perimeter. The sides of $T$ have lengths $5$, $5$, and $8$, while those of $T'$ have lengths $a$, $a$, and $b$. Which of the following numbers is closest to $b$?
$\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }8$
Six points $A, B, C, D, E,$ and $F$ lie in a straight line in that order. Suppose that $G$ is a point not on the line and that $AC=26, BD=22, CE=31, DF=33, AF=73, CG=40,$ and $DG=30.$ Find the area of $\triangle BGE.$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Points $D$, $E$, and $F$ are respectively on the sides $\overline{BC}$, $\overline{CA}$, and $\overline{AB}$ of $\triangle ABC$. Suppose that
\[
\frac{AE}{AC} = \frac{CD}{CB} = \frac{BF}{BA} = x
\]
for some $x$ with $\frac{1}{2} < x < 1$. Segments $\overline{AD}$, $\overline{BE}$, and $\overline{CF}$ cut the triangle into 7 nonoverlapping regions: 4 triangles and 3 quadrilaterals. The total area of the 4 triangles equals the total area of the 3 quadrilaterals. Compute the value of $x$.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc(a+b+c)=3.$ Prove that we have
\[(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)\geq 8.\]
Also determine the case of equality.
A triangle is given whose altitudes' lengths are $\frac{1}{5},\frac{1}{5},\frac{1}{8}$. Evaluate the triangle's area.
In a circle of center $O$ and radius $r$, a triangle $ABC$ of orthocenter $H$ is inscribed. It is considered a triangle $A'B'C'$ whose sides have by length the measurements of the segments $AB, CH$ and $2r$. Determine the triangle $ABC$ so that the area of the triangle $A'B'C'$ is maximum.