In this figure, AE = EQ = BC = CP = 10 units, and AQ = BP = 12 units. The points A, P,
Q and B are collinear. If the perimeter of the concave pentagon ABCDE is 52 units, what is its area? Express your answer as a common fraction.
From E draw a segment to P. Since AE=EQ and AQ=BP, $\angle PAE = \angle PQE$, so $\triangle PAE = \triangle PQE$ (SAS). And since $\triangle PAE = \triangle PQE$,
$PE=EQ=CP=10$. Also, since $\triangle PQA = \triangle PQB$ (SAS) we must have $QA=QB=12$, so the perimeter of the pentagon is $10+10+12+10+12=54$ units, which is not what the problem stated.
But notice that $AP+PB=22$. To have perimeter 52, we need $EA+AQ+PB+BC+CP=52$, or, rearranging, $EF+FA+AB+BC+CD=30$. Since $FA=EF$, we then have $FE+2AB+BC+CD=30$. Between every two of these terms, we put in the side lengths stated above:
$FE+2AB+BC+CD=10+10+12+10+12=44$
$(10+10)+2AB+BC+CD=10+10+12+10+12=54$
Subtracting these equations gives $AB=10$. Then $FE+BC+CD=30-10=20$.
From the angles $\angle BCQ=\angle CBQ$ we know that $\triangle BCQ$ is isosceles, so $BC=DQ=10$. And from $\angle EAD = \angle ADE$ we know $\triangle ADE$ is isosceles, so $FE=CD=5$.
Now here is where we make our transition from an "illegal" problem to a legal one. We don't want five sides; we want six so we can divide it into triangles. So we draw $FD$. $\triangle FDE$ is an isosceles triangle, so by symmetry $FD=DE=5$.
$\triangle ABE$ is isosceles, with $AB=10$. Notice now that $\triangle ABF \sim \triangle EDF$; therefore $10/5=BF/5$, or $BF=10$. Now the perimeter is $10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 = 40$. The two missing sides have a sum of 12, so they are 3 and 9, and the perimeter is $40+3+9=52$ as required.
The three triangles we have are a 5-5-5 equilateral triangle, a 10-10-10 equilateral triangle, and an isosceles triangle with base 10 made by '$ABF$', with $BF=10$ and $AF=5$. This third triangle I will refer to as our "special triangle," and will highlight it on the diagram below:
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pen d = linetype("4 4")+linewidth(0.65);
real r = 10/3;
pair A=(0,0),E=(10,0),Q=(12,0),B=(22,0), C=(16,-6), P=(22,-10), D=(10,-10), F=(5,-6);
pair[] dots = {A,E,Q,B,C,P,D,F};
D(CR(D(MP("A",A))));D(CR(D(MP("E",E))));D(CR(D(MP("Q",Q))));D(CR(D(MP("B",B))));D(CR(D(MP("C",C))));D(CR(D(MP("P",P))));MP("D",D);MP("F",F,S);
D(A--MP("B",B,W)--MP("C",C)--P--E,Nd,d);
D(A--MP("Q",Q)--MP("E",E,N),Nd,d);
D(F--MP("D",D,NW)--MP("C",C),Nd,d);
MP("10",(B+C)/2,NE);
MP("10",(C+D)/2,SW);
MP("10",(A+B)/2,NW);
MP("10",(A+Q)/2,NE);
MP("5",(D+E)/2,NE);
D(MP("5",(E+F)/2) -- F -- D--cycle);
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The large equilateral triangle has height 5 and area $(5\sqrt{3})(5)/2=25\sqrt{3}/2$.
The smaller has height 10 and area $(10\sqrt{3})(10)/2=50\sqrt{3}$.
And the area of the special triangle is $(10)(5)/2 = 25$.
The area of the pentagon is the sum of these areas, which I leave to you.
To find the area of the concave pentagon ABCDE, we can split it into two triangles: APE and BQC.
First, let's find the length of the side AD. Since AE = EQ and AQ = BP, we can deduce that triangle AEP is congruent to triangle BQP. Therefore, AD = BC = 10 units.
Now, we can find the length of the diagonal AC. Since AQ = BP = 12 units, we can see that triangle ACQ is congruent to triangle BCP. Therefore, AC = BC + CP = 10 + 10 = 20 units.
Next, we can find the length of the diagonal DE. Since AE = EQ = 10 units and AB = AP + BP = 12 + 12 = 24 units, we can see that triangle ADE is congruent to triangle ABQ. Therefore, DE = AB = 24 units.
Now, using the perimeter of the pentagon, we can find the remaining side lengths:
AB + BC + CD + DE + EA = 52 units
24 + 10 + CD + 24 + 10 = 52
CD = 52 - 68
CD = -16 units
Since we're dealing with a concave pentagon, one of the side lengths is negative. However, the length of a side cannot be negative, so we have to discard this solution.
Now, let's find the area of the triangle APE. We can see that the length of the base AP is 12 units and the height h is the perpendicular distance from E to line AB. Since triangle AEP is congruent to triangle BQP, we can see that the height h is also the perpendicular distance from Q to line AB.
Since both E and Q are midpoints of their respective sides, the height h is half the length of the diagonal AC. Therefore, h = AC/2 = 20/2 = 10 units.
Using the formula for the area of a triangle, we have:
Area of triangle APE = (1/2) * base * height
= (1/2) * 12 * 10
= 60 square units
The area of the triangle BQC is also equal to 60 square units.
Finally, the area of the concave pentagon ABCDE is the sum of the areas of the two triangles:
Area of pentagon ABCDE = Area of triangle APE + Area of triangle BQC
= 60 + 60
= 120 square units
Therefore, the area of the concave pentagon ABCDE is 120 square units.
To find the area of the concave pentagon ABCDE, we need to divide it into smaller triangles and calculate their areas.
From the given information, we can see that triangles AEB and CPD are congruent because they have all sides equal. Therefore, they must have the same area.
Let's calculate the area of triangle AEB (which is also equal to the area of triangle CPD). We can use the formula for the area of a triangle: Area = (base * height) / 2.
The base of triangle AEB is AE = 10 units. The height can be found by considering right triangle AQE. We know AQ = 12 units, and AE = 10 units, so we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the height EQ.
Using the Pythagorean theorem, we have:
EQ^2 = AE^2 - AQ^2
EQ^2 = 10^2 - 12^2
EQ^2 = 100 - 144
EQ^2 = -44 (Note: we get a negative value here, which means that the triangle is not possible.)
However, since the question states that the points A, P, Q, and B are collinear, this means that AQ, BP, and EQ lie on the same line. Therefore, triangle AEB is actually degenerate, reducing the concave pentagon to a quadrilateral ABPD.
To calculate the area of quadrilateral ABPD, we can divide it into two triangles: ABP and DPB. The base of both triangles is BP = 12 units.
For triangle ABP, we need to find the height, which we can calculate using the Pythagorean theorem. Triangle ABP is a right triangle with AB as the hypotenuse, AQ as one leg, and BP as the other leg.
Using the Pythagorean theorem, we have:
AB^2 = AQ^2 + BP^2
AB^2 = 12^2 + 12^2
AB^2 = 144 + 144
AB^2 = 288
AB = √288
AB = 12√2
Now, let's calculate the area of triangle ABP using the formula: Area = (base * height) / 2.
The base is BP = 12 units.
The height is AB = 12√2 units.
Area of triangle ABP = (12 * 12√2) / 2 = 72√2 square units.
The area of triangle DPB is also 72√2 square units since it is congruent to triangle ABP.
Therefore, the area of quadrilateral ABPD is 2 * 72√2 square units = 144√2 square units.
Since the concave pentagon ABCDE is equivalent to the quadrilateral ABPD, its area is also 144√2 square units.
Hence, the area of the concave pentagon ABCDE is 144√2 square units, which is the final answer.