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Enclosed area (Posted on 2005-02-01) Difficulty: 1 of 5
Imagine a square ABCD with a diagonal BD. Now draw a line EF parallel to BD, such that E lies on BC and F lies on CD. Also length of EF = length of AB. Now Colour the space enclosed by BDFE. Of the square ABCD, what percentage of area is coloured ?

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Solution I think its the solution | Comment 5 of 6 |
I get a ratio of 3/8 of the whole area, 37.5%


EF=AB, so CF=EC=1/2*AB

Then just find the area of Triangle CFE and subtract it from Triangle BCD. and then divide the answer by the total area of square ABCD.




  Posted by ParryHotter on 2005-02-26 01:01:01
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