. REFER TO THE DIAGRAM. QUADRILATERAL ABCD WITH DIAGONALS BD...

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Refer to the diagram. Quadrilateral ABCD with diagonals

BD

and

E

G

AC bounds the rhombus

EFGH

as shown in the figure. If

BD

k

AC

=

,

B

F

C

ABCD

||

EF

AC

, and

FG BD

||

, find

Area

Area

EFGH

.

Solution:

AE

, then

EH

BD

BE

=

1

λ

,

=

λ

,

=

λ

. Similarly,

EF

=

(

1

λ

)

AC

, but EH=EF, so

EH

Let

=

λ

BD

AB

BA

=

k

BD

, then

=

1

λ

.

that

λ

BD

=

(

1

λ

)

AC

and

λ

λ

kH

AC

1

ϑ

=

2

sin

+

2

S

k

k

1

1

=

=

+

.

Hence

(

) (

)

λ

2

EF

sin

k

EFGH

+

+