Triangle Enclosed by Six Squares

Problem

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The figure is made of six squares: three inner squares are erected outward on the sides of a central triangle, and each outer square is built on the segment joining the nearest vertices of two adjacent inner squares. The three outer squares have areas 7272, 7373, and 8585, as shown. Find the area of the central triangle enclosed by the three inner squares.

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Difficulty6/10
Topicsplane geometry, Law of Cosines, Triangle Geometry

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