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What is the area of triangle ABC?

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Point P is in the interior of triangle ABC, and the lines through P are parallel to the sides of ABC.
The three triangles shown in the diagram have areas of 4, 9, and 49.
What is the area of triangle ABC?

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posted Apr 15, 2020 by Prithvi

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144


DE is parallel to AC
FG is parallel to BC
IH is parallel to AB
△PIE=49, △PDF=4, △PGH=9
△PGH≅△PIE
HP:PI= sqrt(9) : sqrt(49)=3:7 --> IP:IH=7:10 --> △PIE:△HIC=7 ^2 :10^2 --> area of △HIC=100
area of parallelogram PGCE=100−9−49=42
similarly,
area of parallelogram PIBF=28 and area of parallelogram PDAH=12
so area of △ABC=49+4+9+28+42+12=144

answer Apr 17, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov



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