AND TRIANGLES

rI ELOGRAMS 14.43

PA
OF the line segment joining the
EF Si two
mid-points of sides of a
MATICS- AREAS ird side.
third So, FE || BC.
side.So.
Join the
N to
same base EF and between the
on th
CEF are
and CE
narallel sameparallel lines.
nUTION
and
AsBEFBEF) =ar(ACEF)
h0,alineis Cear ar(A (AGEF)
=ar(ACEF) -ar(AGE
two
partso BEF) -ar
ar(AB
BFG)
=ar(ACEG)
ar(a a triangle divides
it into two
an of triangles of equal area.

= ABE)
Weknowar(A BEC) ar(A =ar(quad.AFGE) + ar(A BFG)
ar(ABGC)

ar(ABGC) =ar
+ar(ACEG)
+ ar(ABFG) =ar(quad AFGE) + ar(ABFG)
(quad.AFGE)
[Using )
ar(ABGC)
X and Y are the
mid-points of BC and CD
45 ABCD isaparallelogram
EAMPLE =ar(||8m ABCD).
(||8m
Prove that ar(AAXY) 8
ely.

site angles B
each other Fig. 14.72
nate angles

A ABCD in which X and Y are the mid-points of BCand CD

GIVEN parallelogram

respectively.

DPROVE
ar (AAXY) = ar ( ABCD)
CONSTRUCTION Join BD.
KOOF Since Xand Y arethe mid-pointsofsides BC and CD respectively, in ABCD.

XYl|BD and XY BD
ar(ACYX) = ar(ADBC)
ar(ACYX) = ar(18m ABCD)
8
ar (m ABCD) =ar(ABCD)|
gram ABCD and A ABX and Da
arebetween the same parallel lines AD
2
BK-BC.

ar(AABX) =ar(m ..(i)

ABCD)
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14.42

From

EXAMPLE43
uruton
(i) and (i),
ar(A BCP)
we have
= ar (A DP)
The diagonals
to intersect ADatPand
of
BCat O. Show
a parallelogram that
atapointO..ThroughO,a
ABCDintersectthe parallelogram into
into tu
divides theparallelogram
PQdivides
D
two
i line

partsad

equal area.

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Fig.

that
SOLUTION Wehave toprove = (ar|ABCD)
PQCD)
ar(quad. APQB) =ar(quad. ofequal area.
it into
two triangles
divide
of a parallelogram
Sincediagonals

"
ar(ACD) = ar(AAOP) +
ar(AABC)
ar(quad.ABQO)
ar(A + CO)=
ar(quad. CDPO)
we have
these two triangles,
and A COQ. In [Vertically opposite angles
Consider AAOP bisect each other
= of a
LAOP 2COQ [Diagonals angles [Alternate
OA =OC
and,
40AP = 20CQ
criterian,
we obtain
So,by ASA congruence .i)
AAOPACOQ
=ar(ACODo)
ar(A AOP)
and (i), we get +ar(ACOQ)
+ ar(AAOP) =ar(quad. CDPO)
From (i)

ABQO)
ar(quad. =
ABQP) (quad.
CDQP)
ar(quad.
=ar (quad.PQCD)
ar(quad.APQB) that
or ABC intersect at G. Prove
and CF ofa
The mediansBE
triangle
EXAMPLE 44
area of AGBC
=area of quadrilateral AFGE.

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Fig. 14.71