2013 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 13
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Problem
Let points 
and 
. Quadrilateral 
is cut into equal area pieces by a line passing through 
. This line intersects 
at point 
, where these fractions are in lowest terms. What is 
?
Solution
Solution 1
If you have graph paper, use Pick's Theorem to quickly and efficiently find the area of the quadrilateral. If not, just find the area by other methods.
Pick's Theorem states that
= 
- 
, where is the number of lattice points in the interior of the polygon, and 
is the number of lattice points on the boundary of the polygon.
In this case,
= 
- = 
so
= 
The bottom half of the quadrilateral makes a triangle with base 
and half the total area, so we can deduce that the height of the triangle must be 
in order for its area to be . This height is the y coordinate of our desired intersection point.
Note that segment CD lies on the line 
. Substituting in for y, we can find that the x coordinate of our intersection point is 
.
Therefore the point of intersection is (, ), and our desired result is 
, which is .
See also
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