Olympiad Maths Prep

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Problem 692

AIME late
Geometry Difficulty 5.3 Find the answer

1. EE is the midpoint of side BCB C in parallelogram ABCDA B C D, AEA E intersects diagonal BDB D at GG, if the area of BEG\triangle B E G is 1, then the area of parallelogram ABCDA B C D is

Official solution

1. 12

Solution: From BEGDAG\triangle B E G \backsim \triangle D A G,
we get DG:GB=AD:BED G: G B=A D: B E
=2:1,DB=3GB. \begin{array}{l} \quad=2: 1, \\ \therefore \quad D B=3 G B . \end{array}

Connecting DED E, then
SABCD=2SBCD=2×2S11=4×3SBGE=12.ba=6,ca=8. Therefore, bc=34. \begin{aligned} S_{A B C D}= & 2 S_{\triangle B C D}=2 \times 2 S_{\triangle 1 \cdots 1} \\ = & 4 \times 3 S_{\triangle B G E}=12 . \\ & -\frac{b}{a^{\prime}}=6, \quad \frac{c}{a^{\prime}}=8 . \quad \text { Therefore, } \\ & \frac{b}{c}=-\frac{3}{4} . \end{aligned}

Since the sign of the linear coefficient bb does not change the value of the discriminant, therefore, Yi must have misread the sign of aa or cc. Thus,
ca=4 \frac{c}{a}=4 \text {. }

From (1) and (2), we get ba=3\frac{b}{a}=-3. Therefore,
2b+3ca=6+12=6. \frac{2 b+3 c}{a}=-6+12=6 .

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