6. $M$ is a point inside the convex quadrilateral $A B C D$, and the points symmetric to $M$ with respect to the midpoints of the sides are $P, Q, R, S$. If the area of quadrilateral $A B C D$ is 1, then the area of quadrilateral $P Q R S$ is equal to
6. 2 (Hint: Connect the midpoints of each pair of adjacent sides of quadrilateral $A B C D$, to get a parallelogram, whose area is easily known to be $\frac{1}{2}$. On the other hand, these four sides are precisely the midlines of four triangles that share $M$ as a common vertex and have the four sides of quadrilateral $P Q R S$ as their bases.)