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geometry senior

Problem

problem
Amy painted a dartboard over a square clock face using the "hour positions" as boundaries.[See figure.] If is the area of one of the eight triangular regions such as that between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock, and is the area of one of the four corner quadrilaterals such as that between 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock, then
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Assume the length of the side of the square is 2, WLOG. This means the side of one t section is 1. As the lines are at clock face positions, each section has a degree angle from the center. So each section t is a triangle with a long leg of 1. Therefore, the short leg is . This makes the area of each The total area comprises , so
Final answer
A