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Area Techniques (AIME / USAJMO / AMO)

Proof-style AIME / USAJMO / AMO statements — develop a full argument; type only the final answer.

Proof track: treat each problem as a full olympiad writeup on paper. Here you only enter the final answer (integer or short expression).

Area Techniques: core idea

Area method.

Example problem: hint and answer

**(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A triangle has sides 10,13,1310,13,13. Find its inradius.

Hint: Justify the dissection or area formula you invoke. Answer: 4.

Practice (9 problems — type your answers)

No proof submission required — answers only.

  • 1. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A regular octagon has side 22. Find its area.

  • 2. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A circle is inscribed in a 66-88-1010 triangle. Find its area.

  • 3. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A square and a circle have equal perimeter 1616. Find the difference of their areas.

  • 4. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A triangle has two sides 7,97,9 with included angle 120∘120^\circ. Find area.

  • 5. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A rhombus has side 1010 and one diagonal 1212. Find area.

  • 6. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. Find area of a regular dodecagon inscribed in a radius-44 circle.

  • 7. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A sector is 1/61/6 of a circle and has area 24π24\pi. Find its arc length.

  • 8. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A rectangle has diagonal 2525 and area 168168. Find perimeter.

  • 9. **(Proof track.)** Give a complete justification. A triangle's medians have what ratio of areas among the six small triangles? Enter the common ratio.

Area Techniques Practice Problems — AIME / USAJMO / AMO