MathDB
Area of quadrilateral

Source: 1993 AMC 8 Problem 18

June 28, 2011
geometryrectangleAMC

Problem Statement

The rectangle shown has length AC=32AC=32, width AE=20AE=20, and BB and FF are midpoints of AC\overline{AC} and AE\overline{AE}, respectively. The area of quadrilateral ABDFABDF 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("AA",A,NW); label("BB",B,N); label("CC",C,NE); label("DD",D,SE); label("EE",EE,SW); label("FF",F,W); [/asy]
(A) 320(B) 325(C) 330(D) 335(E) 340\text{(A)}\ 320 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 325 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 330 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 335 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 340