[math-fun] A New Year's Puzzle

13 Dec 2007

      A New Year's Puzzle that's been circulating here ...

           B--------------C
          /|\_           /
         / /  \_   29   /
        / |     \_     /
       /  /       \_  /
      /  |   ?      \/
     /   /      __--P
    / 6 |   __--   /
   /    /_--   17 /
  A----Q---------D

ABCD is a parallelogram.  P is on CD, Q is on AD.
The areas of the triangles ABQ, BCP, and PDQ, are 6, 29, and 17.
What's the area of triangle BPQ?

Rich

[math-fun] A New Year's Puzzle

Schroeppel, Richard