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AIME 2018b Problem 9

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Octagon ABCDEFGHABCDEFGH with side lengths AB=CD=EF=GH=10AB = CD = EF = GH = 10 and BC=DE=FG=HA=11BC = DE = FG = HA = 11 is formed by removing 6-8-10 triangles from the corners of a 2323 ×\times 2727 rectangle with side AH‾\overline{AH} on a short side of the rectangle, as shown. Let JJ be the midpoint of AH‾\overline{AH}, and partition the octagon into 7 triangles by drawing segments JB‾\overline{JB}, JC‾\overline{JC}, JD‾\overline{JD}, JE‾\overline{JE}, JF‾\overline{JF}, and JG‾\overline{JG}. Find the area of the convex polygon whose vertices are the centroids of these 7 triangles. [asy] unitsize(6); pair P = (0, 0), Q = (0, 23), R = (27, 23), SS = (27, 0); pair A = (0, 6), B = (8, 0), C = (19, 0), D = (27, 6), EE = (27, 17), F = (19, 23), G = (8, 23), J = (0, 23/2), H = (0, 17); draw(P--Q--R--SS--cycle); draw(J--B); draw(J--C); draw(J--D); draw(J--EE); draw(J--F); draw(J--G); draw(A--B); draw(H--G); real dark = 0.6; filldraw(A--B--P--cycle, gray(dark)); filldraw(H--G--Q--cycle, gray(dark)); filldraw(F--EE--R--cycle, gray(dark)); filldraw(D--C--SS--cycle, gray(dark)); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(EE); dot(F); dot(G); dot(H); dot(J); dot(H); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)); real r = 1.3; label("AA", A, Wr); label("BB", B, Sr); label("CC", C, Sr); label("DD", D, Er); label("EE", EE, Er); label("FF", F, Nr); label("GG", G, Nr); label("HH", H, Wr); label("JJ", J, W*r); [/asy]

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