Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 4 / 173 of 340 #433 of 1964

Problem 433

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Geometry Difficulty 4.8 Multiple choice

The side length of square ABCDA B C D is 215,E,F2 \sqrt{15}, E, F are the midpoints of AB,BCA B, B C respectively, AFA F intersects DE,DBD E, D B at M,NM, N. Then the area of △DMN\triangle D M N is

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Official solution

4. (A).

It is easy to know that △AME∽△ABF\triangle A M E \backsim \triangle A B F, thus,
S△AME=(AEAF)2S△ABF=15S△ABF S_{\triangle A M E}=\left(\frac{A E}{A F}\right)^{2} S_{\triangle A B F}=\frac{1}{5} S_{\triangle A B F}
Since NN is the centroid of △ABC\triangle A B C,
∴S△BFN=13S△ABF\therefore S_{\triangle B F N}=\frac{1}{3} S_{\triangle A B F}.
Since S△DEB=SA.1PY S_{\triangle D E B}=S_{\text {A.1PY }}.
∴S△AKN=S△AMK−S△BFN=815S△ABF=815×12×215×2152=8. \begin{aligned} \therefore S_{\triangle A K N} & =S_{\triangle A M K}-S_{\triangle B F N}=\frac{8}{15} S_{\triangle A B F} \\ & =\frac{8}{15} \times \frac{1}{2} \times 2 \sqrt{15} \times \frac{2 \sqrt{15}}{2}=8 . \end{aligned}

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