Let be a rectangle with and . Let be the midpoint of , and let be the reflection of across point . Compute the area of triangle .
Solution
Observe that . We will find the area of each of these triangles individually. - We have . - Because as the triangles have the same base and height. Thus, as have the same base and height as . - From similar reasoning, we know that . We have that has the same base and half the height of the rectangle. Thus, . Hence, we have Thus, our answer is .
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