2005 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 13
Problem
The area of polygon is 52 with , and . What is ?
Solution
Notice that , so . Let be the intersection of the extensions of and , which makes rectangle . The area of the polygon is the area of subtracted from the area of .
Solving for the unknown, , therefore .
Video Solution by OmegaLearn
https://youtu.be/abSgjn4Qs34?t=1908
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