2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 16
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Problem
In rectangle 
, 
, 
, and points 
, 
, and 
are midpoints of 
, 
, and 
, respectively. Point 
is the midpoint of 
. What is the area of the shaded region?
![[asy] import graph; size(9cm); pen dps = fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); pair D = (0,0); pair F = (1/2,0); pair C = (1,0); pair G = (0,1); pair E = (1,1); pair A = (0,2); pair B = (1,2); pair H = (1/2,1); // do not look pair X = (1/3,2/3); pair Y = (2/3,2/3); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(G--E); draw(A--F--B); draw(D--H--C); filldraw(H--X--F--Y--cycle,grey); label("$A$",A,NW); label("$B$",B,NE); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$D$",D,SW); label("$E$",E,E); label("$F$",F,S); label("$G$",G,W); label("$H$",H,N); label("$\frac12$",(0.25,0),S); label("$\frac12$",(0.75,0),S); label("$1$",(1,0.5),E); label("$1$",(1,1.5),E); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/2/5/12524bb96209b0c956b2060192deb8429c73e3f3.png)
Solution
Solution 1
Note that the region is a kite; hence its diagonals are perpendicular and it has area 
for diagonals of length 
and 
. Since 
as both and are midpoints of parallel sides of rectangle 
and 
, we let 
. Now all we need to do is to find .
Let the other two vertices of the kite be 
and 
with closer to 
than . This gives us 
. Now let 
. We thus find that the equation of 
is 
and that of 
is 
. Solving this system gives us 
, so the 
-coordinate of is 
; in other words, is from . By symmetry, is also the same distance from , so as 
we have 
. Hence the area of the kite is 
.
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