A friend and I are trying to figure this out and its super hard. Can anyone give us a starting point as to how to solve this?
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A friend and I are trying to figure this out and its super hard. Can anyone give us a starting point as to how to solve this?
Will fan + medal! :)

atsie · Answer

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directrix · Answer

I think it would be good to first get the area of the tan shaded region.

welshfella · Answer

yes that's your first task

atsie · Answer

Alright, so I understand finding area and perimeter....so how would one find the area of this.....(what is this thing even called?)

welshfella · Answer

It looks like you can divide it into 2 trapezoids

atsie · Answer

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In half like this?
I'm seriously clueless and can never do stuff like this properly, so bear with my stupidity.