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geometry senior

Problem

On square , point lies on side and point lies on side , so that . Find the area of the square .
Solution
Drawing the square and examining the given lengths,you find that the three segments cut the square into three equal horizontal sections. Therefore, ( being the side length), , or . Solving for , we get , and Area of the square is .
Final answer
810