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== Problem 10 == | == Problem 10 == | ||
<math> \ | The area in square units of the region enclosed by parallelogram <math>ABCD</math> is | ||
<asy> | |||
unitsize(24); | |||
pair A,B,C,D; | |||
A=(-1,0); B=(0,2); C=(4,2); D=(3,0); | |||
draw(A--B--C--D); draw((0,-1)--(0,3)); draw((-2,0)--(6,0)); | |||
draw((-.25,2.75)--(0,3)--(.25,2.75)); draw((5.75,.25)--(6,0)--(5.75,-.25)); | |||
dot(origin); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); label("$y$",(0,3),N); label("$x$",(6,0),E); | |||
label("$(0,0)$",origin,SE); label("$D (3,0)$",D,SE); label("$C (4,2)$",C,NE); | |||
label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,NW); | |||
</asy> | |||
<math>\text{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 18</math> | |||
==Solution== | ==Solution== | ||
The base is <math>\overline{BC}=4</math>. The height has a length of the difference of the y-coordinates of A and B, which is 2. Therefore the area is <math>4\cdot 2=8\Rightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{ | |||
The base is <math>\overline{BC}=4</math>. The height has a length of the difference of the y-coordinates of A and B, which is 2. Therefore the area is <math>4\cdot 2=8\Rightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{B}</math>. | |||
==See Also== | |||
{{AJHSME box|year=1991|num-b=9|num-a=11}} | |||
[[Category:Introductory Geometry Problems]] | |||
Revision as of 21:18, 7 August 2009
Problem 10
The area in square units of the region enclosed by parallelogram 
is
![[asy] unitsize(24); pair A,B,C,D; A=(-1,0); B=(0,2); C=(4,2); D=(3,0); draw(A--B--C--D); draw((0,-1)--(0,3)); draw((-2,0)--(6,0)); draw((-.25,2.75)--(0,3)--(.25,2.75)); draw((5.75,.25)--(6,0)--(5.75,-.25)); dot(origin); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); label("$y$",(0,3),N); label("$x$",(6,0),E); label("$(0,0)$",origin,SE); label("$D (3,0)$",D,SE); label("$C (4,2)$",C,NE); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,NW); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/0/6/006625b37683a704cc02bcf460b1e73c2e0ecc24.png)
Solution
The base is 
. The height has a length of the difference of the y-coordinates of A and B, which is 2. Therefore the area is $4\cdot 2=8\Rightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{B}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).
See Also
| 1991 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 | |
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| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
