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China Mathematical Competition

China geometry

Problem

On a coordinate plane there are two regions, and : is confined by and is determined by the inequalities , . Then the size of the common area of and is given by .

problem
Solution
As shown in the figure, we have
Final answer
f(t) = -t^2 + t + 1/2 for 0 ≤ t ≤ 1

Techniques

Cartesian coordinatesTriangles