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Problem
Equilateral has side length
, and squares
,
,
lie outside the triangle. What is the area of hexagon
?
Solution
The area of the equilateral triangle is simply . The area of the three squares is
.
Since ,
.
Dropping an altitude from to
allows to create a
triangle since
is isosceles. This means that the height of
is
and half the length of
is
. Therefore, the area of each isosceles triangle is
. Multiplying by
yields
for all three isosceles triangles.
Therefore, the total area is .
See Also
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