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Problem
The rectangle shown has length , width , and and are midpoints of and , respectively. The area of quadrilateral is 
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The area of the quadrilateral is equal to the areas of the two right triangles and subtracted from the area of the rectangle . Because and are midpoints, we know the dimensions of the two right triangles.
Final answer
A