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2011 AMC 10B Problem 20

Problem 20 of 25HarderGeometry

Rhombus ABCDABCD has side length 22 and B=120\angle B = 120^\circ. Region RR consists of all points inside the rhombus that are closer to vertex BB than any of the other three vertices. What is the area of R?R?

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The points closer to BB than to another vertex are bounded by the perpendicular bisectors of BABA, BCBC, and BDBD. The bisector of BDBD is diagonal ACAC, so the desired region lies in ABC\triangle ABC. Triangle ABCABC has area 1222sin120=3\dfrac12\cdot2\cdot2\sin120^\circ=\sqrt3. The perpendicular bisectors of BABA and BCBC cut off two congruent 3030-6060-9090 triangles, each with area 36\dfrac{\sqrt3}{6}. Therefore the desired area is 3236=233\sqrt3-2\cdot\dfrac{\sqrt3}{6}=\dfrac{2\sqrt3}{3}. Thus, C is the correct answer.

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Concepts: perpendicular bisector · rhombus · special right triangle

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