Problema Solution

the plane section of ABCD shown in the figure is cut from a cube of edge a, find the area of this section if D and C are each at the midpoint of an edge.

Answer provided by our tutors

since the points C and D lie on the mid point of the edges, the section will have 

both sides equal to a/2

the area of the section ABCD will become a/2*a/2=a2/4