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Question

Determine an expression for the area of QCA in terms of p. Your answer should be simplified as much as possible. FIGURE

Accepted Answer

Since QA is perpendicular to QC, we can treat QC as the height of QCA and QA as the base. The area of QCA is 12 QA QC=12(2-0)(12-p)=122 (12-p)=12-p.