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CEMC Hypatia, 2011

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it Canada

In the diagram, DD and EE are the midpoints of ABAB and BCBC respectively. (The diagram shows a coordinate plane with B(0,0)B(0,0), A(0,6)A(0,6), and C(8,0)C(8,0); DD is the midpoint of ABAB, EE is the midpoint of BCBC, segments AEAE and CDCD are drawn, and FF is their point of intersection.)
(a) Determine an equation of the line passing through the points CC and DD.
(b) Determine the coordinates of FF, the point of intersection of AEAE and CDCD.
(c) Determine the area of △DBC\triangle DBC.
(d) Determine the area of quadrilateral DBEFDBEF.

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