2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 2

In rectangle $ABCD$ , $AB=6$ and $AD=8$ . Point $M$ is the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$ . What is the area of $\triangle AMC$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }15\qquad\textbf{(C) }18\qquad\textbf{(D) }20\qquad \textbf{(E) }24$

Solution

[asy]draw((0,4)--(0,0)--(6,0)--(6,8)--(0,8)--(0,4)--(6,0)); label(" $A$ ", (0,0), SW); label(" $B$ ", (6, 0), SE); label(" $C$ ", (6,8), NE); label(" $D$ ", (0, 8), NW); label(" $M$ ", (0, 4), W); label(" $4$ ", (0, 2), W); label(" $6$ ", (3, 0), S);[/asy] The area of $\triangle AMC = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 4 = \boxed{\text{(A) }12}$ .

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