The position vectors of the vertices of a quadrilateral $ABCD$ are $a, b, c$ and $d$ respectively. The area of the quadrilateral formed by joining the midpoints of its sides is

  • A
    $\frac{1}{4}\,|a\times b+b\times d+d\times a|$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{4}\,\left| b\times c+c\times d+a\times d+b\times a \right|$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{4}\,\left| a\times b+b\times c+c\times d+d\times a \right|$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{4}\,\left| b\times c+c\times d+d\times b \right|$

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