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Problem
The midpoints of the four sides of a rectangle are 
and 
What is the
area of the rectangle?
Solution 1
The midpoints of the four sides of every rectangle are the vertices of a rhombus whose area is half the area of the rectangle.
Let 
and 
Note that 
and 
are the vertices of a rhombus whose diagonals have lengths 
and 
It follows that the area of rhombus 
is 
so the area of the rectangle is 
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 2
If a rectangle has area 
then the area of the quadrilateral formed by its midpoints is 
Define points and as Solution 1 does. Since and are the midpoints of the rectangle, the rectangle's area is ![$2[ABCD].$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/e/2/1e2ceebf98aecc6c1a157ef5aeeeacf3ad98408d.png)
Now, note that is a parallelogram since 
and 
As the parallelogram's height from to 
is 
and 
its area is 
Therefore, the area of the rectangle is
~Fruitz
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