ABCD is a right trapezoid with AB parallel to CD and ∠BAD=∠ADC=90∘. The diagonals AC and BD intersect at E. If AB=7, DC = 28 and AD = 80, what is the area of triangle BEC?
What is the area of triangle BEC?
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The perpendicular through C intersects the line through AB at point F.
Then
f(x)=8028x=207xg(x)=−807x+80f(x)=g(x)207x=−807x+801007x=80
xE=5.6yE=16
ABEC=AACF−ABCF−AABE
AACF=28⋅802=1120ABCF=80(28−7)2=840AABE=7⋅yE2=7⋅162=56
ABEC=1120−840−56ABEC=224
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