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jmc

geometry senior

Problem

problem
In the figure, , and are one-third of their respective sides. It follows that , and similarly for lines BE and CF. Then the area of triangle is:
Solution
Let Then and hence Similarly, Then and same for the other quadrilaterals. Then is just minus all the other regions we just computed. That is,
Final answer
\frac{1}{7}\triangle ABC