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geometry intermediate
Problem
In the figure, is a square, is the midpoint of , and is on . If is perpendicular to , then the area of quadrilateral is 
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Since and , we have . From those two equations, we find that and Now that we have and , we can find the area of the bottom triangle : The area of left triangle is The area of the square is . Thus, the area of the remaining quadrilateral is , and the answer is
Final answer
C