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PROBLEM 2: THE TRAPEZOID

An agency is assigning the area bounded by figure $ABCD$ to a city population.

Each member will receive an equal area of a land plot.

Calculations have shown that out of the 5160 members of the population, 2000 will receive their plots from the area covered by triangle $ADC$

The remaining people will be assigned plots from $ABC$ , (See graph).

$DC=1050\;m$ and $AC=1810\:m$

1. Find the area of $ABCD$ $(30\; points)$

2. Verify the area of ADC using the Heron’s Formula $(10\; points)$

3. What is the area, in square meters, assigned to each person? $(10\; points)$

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SOLUTION: METHOD BY ALGEBRA

Let $AB=x$

$BC=d_{1}$

From the right triangle $\triangle ABC$ We have the hypothenuse $AC=1810$ .

We have:

$d_{1}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

We also have the right triangle $\triangle DFC$

$FC=\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

Another equality:

$AD=d_{2}=BF=BC-FC$

We can then say:

$d_{2}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

The area of $\triangle ABC$ contains 3160 plots of land out of 5160.

For $\triangle ABC$ :

$\mathcal{A} \triangle ABC$

The area of the $\triangle ABC=\frac{1}{2}\cdot x \cdot BC$

Area $\triangle ABC=\frac{1}{2}\cdot x \cdot d_{1}$

Area $\triangle ABC=\frac{1}{2}x \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

Now let’s look for the total area:

Area $\square ABCD=\square ABFD+\triangle DFC$

Area $\square ABFD$ :

Area $\square ABFD=x\cdot d_{2}$

We plugin:

Area $\square ABFD=x\cdot (\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}})$

Area $\square ABFD=x\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-x\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

For $\triangle DFC$ :

The area of the $\triangle DFC=\frac{1}{2}\cdot x \cdot FC$

Area $\triangle DFC=\frac{1}{2}\cdot x \cdot d_{1}$

Area $\triangle DFC=\frac{1}{2}\cdot x \cdot \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

TOTAL AREA :

Area $\square ABCD=\square ABFD+\triangle DFC$

We plugin:

Area $\displaystyle{\square ABCD=x\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-x\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}+\frac{1}{2}x \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}}$

Area $\square ABCD=x\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\frac{1}{2}x \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

Comparing Areas:

Area $\triangle ABC=3160p$

Area $\square ABCD=5160p$

This yields:

$\frac{Area\; \square ABCD}{Area \; \triangle ABC}=\frac{5160p}{3160p}$

$Area \; \triangle ABC=\frac{3160p}{5160p}Area\; \square ABCD$

We simplify:

$Area \; \triangle ABC=\frac{79}{129}Area\; \square ABCD$

We plugin:

$\displaystyle{\frac{1}{2} x \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}=\frac{79}{129}(x\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\frac{1}{2}x \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}})}$

We can write, for simplicity:

$\displaystyle{\frac{129}{158}x \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}=x\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\frac{1}{2}x \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}}$

We divide both sides by $x$

$\displaystyle{\frac{129}{158} \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}}$

By moving we get:

$\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}=(1-\frac{129}{158}) \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

$\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}=\frac{29}{158} \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

Multiply both sides by 2:

$\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}=\frac{29}{79} \sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

We can also write:

$\frac{0.79}{0.29}\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

Let $k=\frac{0.79}{0.29}$

We get:

$\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}=k\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

Let’s square both sides:

$(1810)^{2}-x^{2}=k^{2}((1050)^{2}-x^{2})$

$(1810)^{2}-x^{2}=k^{2}(1050)^{2}-k^{2}x^{2}$

$(k^{2}-1)x^{2}=k^{2}\cdot (1050)^{2}-(1810)^{2}$

$x^{2}=\frac{k^{2}\cdot (1050)^{2}-(1810)^{2}}{k^{2}-1}$

$x=\sqrt{\frac{k^{2}\cdot (1050)^{2}-(1810)^{2}}{k^{2}-1}}$

We plugin the values:

$\displaystyle{x=\sqrt{\frac{(\frac{0.79}{0.29})^{2}\cdot (1050)^{2}-(1810)^{2}}{(\frac{0.79}{0.29})^{2}-1}}}$

$x=874.0605963$

Rounded Value here:

$x=874\; m$

Areas:

The other sides:

$d_{1}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}$

$d_{1}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-(874.0605963)^{2}}$

$d_{1}=1584.966269$

$d_{1}=1585\;m$

$d_{2}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-x^{2}}-\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-x^{2}}$

$\displaystyle{d_{2}=\sqrt{(1810)^{2}-(874.0605963)^{2}}-\sqrt{(1050)^{2}-(874.0605963)^{2}}}$

$d_{2}=1003.143208$

$d_{2}=1003\;m$

Area $\triangle ABC=\frac{1}{2}x\cdot d_{1}$

Area $\triangle ABC=\frac{1}{2}\times 874.0605963\times 1584.966269$

Area $\triangle ABC=692678.2811$

Rounding:

Area $\triangle ABC=692678 \;m^{2}$

$TOTAL\; AREA:$

Trapezoid:

$AREA\; \square ABCD=\frac{d_{1}+d_{2}}{2}\cdot x$

$AREA\; \square ABCD=\frac{1584.966269+1003.143208}{2}\times 874.0605963$

$AREA\; \square ABCD=1131082.256$

$AREA\; ABCD=1131082\;m^{2}$

$SIZE\; OF \;THE\; PLOT:\; 5160\; plots$

$AREA \;PLOT=\frac{1131082}{5160}$

$AREA \;PLOT=219\;m^{2}$

Using the heron Formula for Area ADC

The sides are: $1050$ , $1810$ , $1003.143208$

Calculating $s$ :

$s=\frac{1050+1810+1003.143208}{2}$

$s=1931.571604$

$s-1050=1931.571604-1050=881.571604$

$s-1810=1931.571604-1810=121.571604$

$s-1003.143208=1931.571604-1003.143208=928.428396$

Area $\triangle ADC=\sqrt{1931.571604 \times 881.571604 \times 121.571604 \times 928.428396 }$

Area $\triangle ADC=438403.9751$

ROUNDING:

Area $\triangle ADC=438404\; m^{2}$

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Challenge 1 Spring of 2017: Trapezoid Solution Algebra

Promoting the study of Geometry

PROBLEM 2: THE TRAPEZOID

SOLUTION: METHOD BY ALGEBRA

Using the heron Formula for Area ADC

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