Problem:
In this fragment of a computer keyboard, the keys are congruent squares touching along their edges, and each letter refers to the point at the center of the corresponding key. Prove that triangles and have the same area.

Problem:
In this fragment of a computer keyboard, the keys are congruent squares touching along their edges, and each letter refers to the point at the center of the corresponding key. Prove that triangles and have the same area.

Solution:
Let us use measuring units in which the side length of each key is . We express the area of quadrilateral in two ways:
a. By dividing into triangles and . Since has base and height , we get
b. By dividing to triangles , , , , and . The four latter triangles all have base , height , and area , so
Since quadrilateral must have the same area in both computations, we deduce that .