2015 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21
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In the given figure, hexagon is equiangular, and are squares with areas and respectively, is equilateral and . What is the area of ?
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Solution 1
Clearly, since is a side of a square with area , . Now, since , we have .
Now, is a side of a square with area , so . Since is equilateral, .
Lastly, is a right triangle. We see that , so is a right triangle with legs and . Now, its area is .
Solution 2
Since , and , . Meanwhile, , and since is equilateral, . If is equiangular, , where is the number of sides of the shape. Adding all the angles around gives , so . Because is right, the area of . Therefore, the answer is . ~strongstephen
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