Q1 2024 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 19
Equilateral
with side length
is rotated about its center by angle
, where
, to form
. See the figure. The area of hexagon
is
. What is
?![[asy] // Credit to shihan for this diagram. defaultpen(fontsize(13)); size(200); pair O=(0,0),A=dir(225),B=dir(-15),C=dir(105),D=rotate(38.21,O)*A,E=rotate(38.21,O)*B,F=rotate(38.21,O)*C; draw(A--B--C--A,gray+0.4);draw(D--E--F--D,gray+0.4); draw(A--D--B--E--C--F--A,black+0.9); dot(O); dot("$A$",A,dir(A)); dot("$B$",B,dir(B)); dot("$C$",C,dir(C)); dot("$D$",D,dir(D)); dot("$E$",E,dir(E)); dot("$F$",F,dir(F)); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/9/d/a9d645750e37e18e0d01d20d6cf515521b8b416d.png)

Q2 2015 AIME I Problems/Problem 4
Point
lies on line segment
with
and
. Points
and
lie on the same side of line
forming equilateral triangles
and
. Let
be the midpoint of
, and
be the midpoint of
. The area of
is
. Find
.
Q3 2020 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24
Suppose that
is an equilateral triangle of side length
, with the property that there is a unique point
inside the triangle such that
,
, and
. What is
?

Q1 B
图形旋转所有六点共圆,分成六个小的三角形,分别用1/2 ab sin的方法求面积,加起来就是总面积
Q2
![[asy] pair A = (0, 0), B = (16, 0), C = (20, 0), D = (8, 8*sqrt(3)), EE = (18, 2*sqrt(3)), M = (9, sqrt(3)), NN = (14, 4*sqrt(3)); draw(A--B--D--cycle); draw(B--C--EE--cycle); draw(A--EE); draw(C--D); draw(B--M--NN--cycle); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(EE); dot(M); dot(NN); label("A", A, SW); label("B", B, S); label("C", C, SE); label("D", D, N); label("E", EE, N); label("M", M, NW); label("N", NN, NE); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/2/2/222ea4031f51c1923ced2de0bdf1e1f8e161a1cc.png)
Note that
and
. Also,
. Thus,
by SAS.
From this, it is clear that a
rotation about
will map
to
. This rotation also maps
to
. Thus,
and
. Thus,
is equilateral.
Using the Law of Cosines on
,![]()
Thus,
.
Using Stewart’s Theorem on
,![]()
![]()
Calculating the area of
,![]()
Thus,
, so
. Our final answer is ![]()
Q3
We begin by rotating

counterclockwise by

about

, such that

and

. We see that

is equilateral with side length

, meaning that

. We also see that

is a

–

–

right triangle, meaning that

. Thus, by adding the two together, we see that

.
![[asy] size(200); pen p = fontsize(10pt)+gray+0.5; pen q = fontsize(13pt); pair A,B,C,D,P,Q; real s=sqrt(7); B=origin; A=s*dir(60); C=s*right; P=IP(CR(A,1),CR(C,2)); Q=rotate(60,A)*P; draw(A--B--C--A, black+0.8); draw(A--P--B^^P--C^^A--Q--C, p); draw(P--Q, p+dashed); //draw(A--A+C--C, p); label("$A$", A, up, q); label("$B$", B, 0.5*(B-P), q); label("$C$", C, 0.5*(C-P), q); label("$P$", P, dir(180), q); label("$Q$", Q, 0.25*(Q-B), q); label("$\sqrt{3}$",B--P, right, p); label("$2$",C--P, 2*left, p); label("$1$",A--P, 1.5**dir(-10), p); label("$1$", A--Q, dir(250), p); label("$1$",P--Q, down, p); label("$\sqrt{3}$",C--Q, right, p); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/5/2/e527d8fe3e531f30770a6d41ad075c4f5b2fcb5c.png)
We can now use the law of cosines as following:

giving us that

.
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