Centroids of Seven Triangles in an Octagon

7/10plane geometryTriangle Geometry

Problem

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An octagon ABCDEFGHABCDEFGH is obtained from a 23×2723 \times 27 rectangle by cutting off a right triangle with side lengths 66, 88, 1010 from each corner, so that AB=CD=EF=GH=10AB = CD = EF = GH = 10 and BC=DE=FG=HA=11BC = DE = FG = HA = 11, as shown in the figure. Let JJ be the midpoint of HAHA. The segments JBJB, JCJC, JDJD, JEJE, JFJF, JGJG divide the octagon into 77 triangles. Find the area of the convex polygon whose vertices are the centroids of these 77 triangles.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicsplane geometry, Triangle Geometry

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