Question

The diagram below shows a rectangle with side lengths $4$ and $8$ and a square with side length $5.$ Three vertices of the square lie on three different sides of the rectangle, as shown. What is the area of the region inside both the square and the rectangle?

$15\dfrac18$

$15\dfrac38$

$15\dfrac12$

$15\dfrac58$

$15\dfrac78$

Answer: D

Concepts:coordinate geometry area decomposition Pythagorean Triple

Difficulty rating: 1660

Solution:

Place the rectangle as $[0,8] \times [0,4].$ The tilted square, using the $3$ - $4$ - $5$ right triangles, has vertices $(4, 0),$ $(0, 3),$ $(3, 7),$ and $(7, 4).$

The entire square lies inside the rectangle except for the triangle poking above the top edge $y = 4.$ That triangle has vertices $(0.75, 4),$ $(3, 7),$ and $(7, 4),$ with area $\dfrac12 \cdot (7 - 0.75) \cdot (7 - 4) = \dfrac{75}{8}.$

The region inside both is $25 - \dfrac{75}{8} = \dfrac{125}{8} = 15\dfrac58.$

Thus, the correct answer is D.

2022 AMC 12B Problem 13

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1660

Solution:

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