Area of quadrilateral
Source: 1993 AMC 8 Problem 18
June 28, 2011
geometryrectangleAMC
Problem Statement
The rectangle shown has length , width , and and are midpoints of and , respectively. The area of quadrilateral is[asy]
pair A,B,C,D,EE,F;
A = (0,20); B = (16,20); C = (32,20); D = (32,0); EE = (0,0); F = (0,10);
draw(A--C--D--EE--cycle);
draw(B--D--F);
dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(EE); dot(F);
label("",A,NW);
label("",B,N);
label("",C,NE);
label("",D,SE);
label("",EE,SW);
label("",F,W);
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