1972 USAMO Problems/Problem 5

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A given convex pentagon $ABCDE$ has the property that the area of each of the five triangles $ABC$ , $BCD$ , $CDE$ , $DEA$ , and $EAB$ is unity. Show that all pentagons with the above property have the same area, and calculate that area. Show, furthermore, that there are infinitely many non-congruent pentagons having the above area property.

$[asy] size(80); defaultpen(fontsize(7)); pair A=(0,7), B=(5,4), C=(3,0), D=(-3,0), E=(-5,4), P; P=extension(B,D,C,E); draw(D--E--A--B--C--D--B--E--C); label("A",A,(0,1));label("B",B,(1,0));label("C",C,(1,-1));label("D",D,(-1,-1));label("E",E,(-1,0));label("P",P,(0,1)); [/asy]$

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