SOLUTION: ABCD is a rectangle with M the midpoint of BC. AC intersects MD at N. Find area of triangle NCD: area of ABMN

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Question 1043167: ABCD is a rectangle with M the midpoint of BC. AC intersects MD at N. Find area of triangle NCD: area of ABMN
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ABCD is a rectangle with M the midpoint of BC. AC intersects MD at N. Find area of triangle NCD and area of quadrilateral ABMN.
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See the Figure on the right. Look in it attentively and identify all given lines and points. In addition to the given lines, I drew the line BK with the point K as the middle point of the side AD. Let L be the intersection point of BK and AC. Then it is clear from symmetry that |AL| = |CN| (congruent, have equal lengths). Also from symmetry, it is clear that |AN| = |LC|. (One could find more complicated arguments, but it is enough for me now).                     Figure.
It implies that |AL| = |LN| = |NC| = |AC|. (Actually, it is well known property for this situation). (see the lesson Solved problems on Parallel lines cutting off congruent segments in transverse lines> in this site). If so, then the height of the triangle DNC is exactly one third of the side |BC|. Thus the area of the triangle DNC is one sixth () of the area of the rectangle. Regarding the quadrilateral ABMN, one can show that its area is = of the area of the rectangle.


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