## Dhaka Higher Secondary 2010/2 (Secondary 2010/9)

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### Re: Find the area??!!

OK...let me clarify...I did not say that you should not use ceva. I tried to say that after you solve a problem with a cool theorem, make sure you understand WHY the whole thing is true.
It is not bad to solve problems with those theorems, but if you don't understand why you work with $\phi(n)$ while trying to find the last digit, you'll face huge problem in future.

In fact this is true for me. I knew that euler totient function stuff when I was in class 8. However, I did not understand it fully, therefore I could not use it with full power.
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### Re: Find the area??!!

@ Moon vai, Why do we use Euler's Totient Theorem??
Please Install $L^AT_EX$ fonts in your PC for better looking equations,
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### Dhaka Higher Secondary 2010/2

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As shown in the figure, triangle $ABC$ is divided into six smaller triangles by lines drawn from the vertices through a common interior point. The areas of four of these triangles are as indicated. Find the area of triangle $ABC$.

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### Re: Dhaka Higher Secondary 2010/2 (Secondary 2010/9)

yes moon perhaps stated the just statement
women of purity are for men of purity and hence men of purity are for women of purity - THE HOLY QURAN

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### Re: Dhaka Higher Secondary 2010/2 (Secondary 2010/9)

Moon vaia I think I have a solution but not sure about it.. here it is shown. But first, let the point is O and the lines are AD, BE and CF.

From the figure we can see Triangle AOB and BOD have the same height. So AOB:BOD= AO:OD=2:1(same height means the area is propotionate to their bases), which indicates the point O is the centre of mass(vorkendro) , So we can find BO:OE=2:1 which means tringle AEO is 35 as well. And again triangle AOC and DOC have the same height and AO:OD=2:1... so triangle DOC should be (84+35)/2= 59.5..
Now we add them and the result is 283.5........(I am horribly confused about the solution but seems logical to me..)

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### Re: Dhaka Higher Secondary 2010/2 (Secondary 2010/9)

Shifat wrote: which indicates the point O is the centre of mass(vorkendro) ,:
it is incorrect.these cevians aren't median,as area (AOF) doesn't equal to AREA (BOF)
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### Re: Dhaka Higher Secondary 2010/2 (Secondary 2010/9)

Cevian mane ki?? yes I get my mistakes, 2:1 holei je median hote pare na eta mathai ashe nai... sorry

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