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jmc

geometry senior

Problem

In square , points and lie on and , respectively, so that Points and lie on and , respectively, and points and lie on so that and . See the figure below. Triangle , quadrilateral , quadrilateral , and pentagon each has area What is ?
problem
Solution
Since the total area is , the side length of square is . We see that since triangle is a right isosceles triangle with area 1, we can determine sides and both to be . Now, consider extending and until they intersect. Let the point of intersection be . We note that is also a right isosceles triangle with side and find it's area to be . Now, we notice that is also a right isosceles triangle and find it's area to be . This is also equal to or . Since we are looking for , we want two times this. That gives .
Final answer
8-4\sqrt{2}