A coffee break geometry problem #5
The distance between C and Y is 0.7071067811
AX = XY = YZ = ZB
The angle CYX is 90 degrees.
The area of the green shaded region is 0.25
What is the area of the region shaded in blue?
The answer is 0.25.
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1 solution
The angle and length information is irrelevant. The area of the total shape is twice the green area. Because area of triangle is half base x height and XZ is half of AB.