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1993 Tournament Of Towns
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1993 Tournament Of Towns
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TOT 384 1993 Autumn A J2 equal sums of areas of pairs of quads
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6/12/2024
The square
P
Q
R
S
PQRS
PQRS
is placed inside the square
A
B
C
D
ABCD
A
BC
D
in such a way that the segments
A
P
AP
A
P
,
B
Q
BQ
BQ
,
C
R
CR
CR
and
D
S
DS
D
S
intersect neither each other nor the square
P
Q
R
S
PQRS
PQRS
. Prove that the sum of areas of quadrilaterals
A
B
Q
P
ABQP
A
BQP
and
C
D
S
R
CDSR
C
D
SR
is equal to the sum of the areas of quadrilaterals
B
C
R
Q
BCRQ
BCRQ
and
D
A
P
S
DAPS
D
A
PS
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