2019 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 24
Problem 24
In triangle 
, point 
divides side 
s that 
. Let 
be the midpoint of 
and left 
be the point of intersection of line 
and line 
. Given that the area of 
is 
, what is the area of 
?
![[asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/f/5/cf5d315e13b9e158a6df354d7f9a8ecafaf2b131.png)
Solution 1
The answer is 
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