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geometry intermediate
Problem
The isosceles right triangle has right angle at and area . The rays trisecting intersect at and . What is the area of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
can be split into a right triangle and a right triangle by dropping a perpendicular from to side . Let be where that perpendicular intersects . Because the side lengths of a right triangle are in ratio , . Because the side lengths of a right triangle are in ratio and , . Setting the two equations for equal to each other, . Solving gives . The area of . is congruent to , so their areas are equal. A triangle's area can be written as the sum of the figures that make it up, so . . Solving gives , so the answer is
Final answer
D