2008 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 4
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Problem
In the figure, the outer equilateral triangle has area , the inner equilateral triangle has area , and the three trapezoids are congruent. What is the area of one of the trapezoids?
Solution
The area outside the small triangle but inside the large triangle is . This is equally distributed between the three trapezoids. Each trapezoid has an area of .
See Also
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