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geometry senior

Problem

Triangle with and has area . Let be the midpoint of , and let be the midpoint of . The angle bisector of intersects and at and , respectively. What is the area of quadrilateral ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let , , , and the length of the perpendicular from through be . By angle bisector theorem, we have that where . Therefore substituting we have that . By similar triangles, we have that , and the height of this trapezoid is . Then, we have that . We wish to compute , and we have that it is by substituting.
Final answer
D