Tham khảo:
Gọi O là giao điểm của AC và BD.
a) Áp dụng công thức \(S = \frac{1}{2}ac.\sin B\), ta có:
\(\begin{array}{l}{S_{OAD}} = \frac{1}{2}.OA.OD.\sin \alpha ;\quad {S_{OBC}} = \frac{1}{2}.OB.OC.\sin \alpha ;\\{S_{OAB}} = \frac{1}{2}.OA.OB.\sin ({180^o} - \alpha );\quad {S_{OCD}} = \frac{1}{2}.OD.OC.\sin ({180^o} - \alpha ).\end{array}\)
Mà \(\sin ({180^o} - \alpha ) = \sin \alpha \)
\( \Rightarrow {S_{OAB}} = \frac{1}{2}.OA.OB.\sin \alpha ;\quad {S_{OCD}} = \frac{1}{2}.OD.OC.\sin \alpha .\)
\(\begin{array}{l} \Rightarrow {S_{ABCD}} = \left( {{S_{OAD}} + {S_{OAB}}} \right) + \left( {{S_{OBC}} + {S_{OCD}}} \right)\\ = \frac{1}{2}.OA.\sin \alpha .(OD + OB) + \frac{1}{2}.OC.\sin \alpha .(OB + OD)\\ = \frac{1}{2}.OA.\sin \alpha .BD + \frac{1}{2}.OC.\sin \alpha .BD\\ = \frac{1}{2}.BD.\sin \alpha .(OA + OC)\\ = \frac{1}{2}.AC.BD.\sin \alpha = \frac{1}{2}.x.y.\sin \alpha .\end{array}\)
b) Nếu \(AC \bot BD\) thì \(\alpha = {90^o} \Rightarrow \sin \alpha = 1.\)
\( \Rightarrow {S_{ABCD}} = \frac{1}{2}.x.y.1 = \frac{1}{2}.x.y.\)
