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"What is the area? You should be able to solve this"
08-06-2018, 09:12 PM (This post was last modified: 08-06-2018 09:14 PM by Albert Chan.)
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RE: "What is the area? You should be able to solve this"
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solve with coordinate geometry triangle area formula:

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let points A = (0,2), B = (2,0), C = (4,2), D = (2,4), P=(x,y)

triangle area = (ax(by - cy) + bx(cy - ay) + cx(ay - by)) / 2,  points counter-clockwise 

right bottom = 2 + area(A,B,P) = x + y
left bottom = 2 + area(B,C,P) = 4 - x + y
right top = 2 + area(A,P,D) = 4 + x - y
right top = 4*4 - (4 + x - y) - (x + y) - (4 - x - y) = 8 - x - y = 8 - right bottom

right top + left bottom = 8 = 16 cm^2 + 32 cm^2 = 48 cm^2

sx area = 8 - right bottom = 48 cm^2 - 20 cm^2 = 28 cm^2
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