Chapter 1: Understanding the Challenge

The points A and B serve as midpoints for the segments XY and XZ, while the altitude XC effectively bisects YZ. Additionally, we know that the area of the triangle is 8.

Can you devise a quick and smart method to calculate the area of the red region? I appreciate all the support from my readers—our community has now reached 28k followers! 🎉

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Before continuing, I suggest pausing to grab your pen and paper to work on this problem. Once you’re ready, read on for the solution!

Solution

Thanks to the triangle's symmetry and congruence, it can be divided into 8 smaller triangles, as illustrated below.

Each of the eight smaller triangles is congruent and shares the same area. Consequently, the red region comprises 3 out of these 8 triangles.

Thus, we arrive at our answer.

And that's our conclusion!

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Chapter 2: Video Insights

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