2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 22
Rectangle below is a rectangle with . What is the area of the "bat wings" (shaded area)?
Solution
The area of trapezoid is . Next, we find the height of each triangle to calculate their area. The triangles are similar, and are in a ratio, so the height of the larger one is while the height of the smaller one is Thus, their areas are and . Subtracting these areas from the trapezoid, we get . Therefore, the answer is .
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