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Problem 3

In $\triangle PQR$ , $PR=15$ , $QR=20$ , and $PQ=25$ . Points $A$ and $B$ lie on $\overline{PQ}$ , points $C$ and $D$ lie on $\overline{QR}$ , and points $E$ and $F$ lie on $\overline{PR}$ , with $PA=QB=QC=RD=RE=PF=5$ . Find the area of hexagon $ABCDEF$ .

Solution 1

We know the area of the hexagon $ABCDEF$ to be $\triangle PQR- \triangle PAF- \triangle BCQ- \triangle RED$ . Since $PR^2+RQ^2=PQ^2$ , we know that $\triangle PRQ$ is a right triangle. Thus the area of $\triangle PQR$ is $150$ . Another way to compute the area is $\frac12 \cdot PQ\cdot RQ \sin \angle PQR = \frac12 \cdot 500 \cdot \sin \angle PQR=150 \implies \sin \angle PQR = \frac35.$ Then the area of $\triangle BCQ = \frac12 \cdot BQ \cdot CQ \cdot \sin \angle PQR= \frac{25}{2}\cdot \frac{3}{5}=\frac{15}{2}$ . Preceding in a similar fashion for $\triangle PAF$ , the area of $\triangle PAF$ is $10$ . Since $\angle ERD = 90^{\circ}$ , the area of $\triangle RED=\frac{25}{2}$ . Thus our desired answer is $150-\frac{15}{2}-10-\frac{25}{2}=\boxed{120}$

Solution 2

Let $R$ be the origin. Noticing that the triangle is a 3-4-5 right triangle, we can see that $A=(4,12), B=(16,3), C=(15,0), D=(5,0), E=(0,5)$ , and $F=(0,10)$ . Using the shoelace theorem, the area is $\boxed{120}$ .

Solution 3

Note that $\triangle{PQR}$ has area 120 and is a 3-4-5 right triangle. Then, by similar triangles, the altitude from $B$ to $QC$ has length 3 and the altitude from $A$ to $FP$ has length 4, so $[QBC]+[DRE]+[AFP]=\frac{15}{2}+\frac{25}{2}+\frac{20}{2}=30$ , meaning that $[ABCDEF]=\boxed{150}$ . -Stormersyle

Video Solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOfXNiQ6WM

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 ==Solution 3==
 Note that <math>\triangle{PQR}</math> has area 120 and is a 3-4-5 right triangle. Then, by similar triangles, the altitude from <math>B</math> to <math>QC</math> has length 3 and the altitude from <math>A</math> to <math>FP</math> has length 4, so <math>[QBC]+[DRE]+[AFP]=\frac{15}{2}+\frac{25}{2}+\frac{20}{2}=30</math>, meaning that <math>[ABCDEF]=\boxed{150}</math>.
+-Stormersyle
 ==Video Solution==

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