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geometry junior

Problem

The rectangle shown has length , width , and and are midpoints of and , respectively. The area of quadrilateral is
problem
(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