Find the area!
In any triangle
, points
,
and
are the midpoints of
and
and from which perpendiculars are dropped on sides
and
.The area of triangle
is 20 square units. Find the area of the polygon
.
The answer is 10.
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1 solution
As a special case, equilateral triangle ABC can be tessellated into 12 identical triangles, 6 of which can make up the hexagon.