2003 AIME II Problems/Problem 6
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Problem
In triangle 
and point 
is the intersection of the medians. Points 
and 
are the images of 
and 
respectively, after a 
rotation about 
What is the area of the union of the two regions enclosed by the triangles 
and 
Solution
Since a 
triangle is a 
triangle and a 
triangle "glued" together on the 
side, ![$[ABC]=\frac{1}{2}\cdot12\cdot14=84$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/2/3/c23eb021f542e6ca0c51b59e044a8d72a3644a86.png)
.
There are six points of intersection between 
and 
. Connect each of these points to .
![[asy] size(8cm); pair A,B,C,G,D,E,F,A_1,A_2,B_1,B_2,C_1,C_2; B=(0,0); A=(5,12); C=(14,0); E=(12.6667,8); D=(7.6667,-4); F=(-1.3333,8); G=(6.3333,4); B_1=(4.6667,0); B_2=(1.6667,4); A_1=(3.3333,8); A_2=(8,8); C_1=(11,4); C_2=(9.3333,0); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(G); dot(D); dot(E); dot(F); dot(A_1); dot(B_1); dot(C_1); dot(A_2); dot(B_2); dot(C_2); draw(B--A--C--cycle); draw(E--D--F--cycle); draw(B_1--A_2); draw(A_1--C_2); draw(C_1--B_2); label("$B$",B,WSW); label("$A$",A,N); label("$C$",C,ESE); label("$G$",G,S); label("$B'$",E,ENE); label("$A'$",D,S); label("$C'$",F,WNW); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/5/d/a5d42315a7709b2d03b4403cc072e4b6c1a6fd51.png)
There are smaller congruent triangles which make up the desired area. Also, is made up of 
of such triangles.
Therefore, ![$\left[\Delta ABC \bigcup \Delta A'B'C'\right] = \frac{12}{9}[\Delta ABC]= \frac{4}{3}\cdot84=\boxed{112}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/e/6/ce6302862d09f736b0fabb7cb16d47f75107fba7.png)
.
See also
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