2021 AIME II Problems/Problem 5

Problem

For positive real numbers $s$ , let $\tau(s)$ denote the set of all obtuse triangles that have area $s$ and two sides with lengths $4$ and $10$ . The set of all $s$ for which $\tau(s)$ is nonempty, but all triangles in $\tau(s)$ are congruent, is an interval $a,b)$ . Find $a^2+b^2$ .

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