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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 ? 
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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 its area to be . Now, we notice that is also a right isosceles triangle (because ) and find it's area to be . This is also equal to or . Since we are looking for , we want two times this.(This is a misplaced problem) That gives .~TLiu
Final answer
B