Square BCFE is inscribed in right triangle AGD, as shown below. If AB = 28 units and CD = 68 units, what is the area of square BCFE?
Square BCFE is inscribed in the right triangle AGD, as shown below. If AB = 28 units and CD = 68 units, what is the area of square BCFE?
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∠ABE ~ ∠CDF
x / 28 = 68 / x
x2 = 1904
[BCFE] = 1904 u2
Oops! I didn't mean that...
I meant that ΔABE ~ ΔCDF
