Triangle Enclosed by Six Squares
Problem
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 , , and , as shown. Find the area of the central triangle enclosed by the three inner squares.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 6/10 |
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| Topics | plane geometry, Law of Cosines, Triangle Geometry |
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