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Problem
Let be a trapezoid with and . Bisectors of and meet at , and bisectors of and meet at . What is the area of hexagon ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Note: In the image AB and CD have been swapped from their given lengths in the problem. However, this doesn't affect any of the solving. Drop perpendiculars to from and , and call the intersections respectively. Now, and . Thus, . We conclude and . To simplify things even more, notice that , so . Also, So the area of is: Over to the other side: is , and is therefore congruent to . So . The area of the hexagon is clearly Note: Once is found, there is no need to do the trig. Notice that the hexagon consists of two trapezoids, and . . The height is one half of which is . So the area is
Final answer
B