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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

Well this is interesting, give me a minute :)

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

Ok, my thoughts are to make this one big rectangle, then cut out the area of two triangles.|dw:1422733094077:dw|

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

turns into |dw:1422733151646:dw|

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

We know that the height is 25, and by adding the 2 lengths given for the bases, the base is 26, so what is 25*26?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

650

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

Ok, now we need to subtract the area of the 2 triangles not in the original figure. Do you know the formula for area of a triangle?

OpenStudy (sleepyjess):

And we know the lengths since these parts are congruent. |dw:1422733328117:dw| We can get that this |dw:1422733381340:dw| equals 21 because the entire side is 25

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