has side length 
. Point 
is on 
, and the area of 
is 
. What is 
?![[asy] pair A,B,C,D,E; A=(0,0); B=(0,50); C=(50,50); D=(50,0); E = (30,50); draw(A--B); draw(B--E); draw(E--C); draw(C--D); draw(D--A); draw(A--E); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(E); label("A",A,SW); label("B",B,NW); label("C",C,NE); label("D",D,SE); label("E",E,N); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/9/a/d9ad7d16a15397560a5daa045621239464589d6e.png)
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[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Key Competency" _builder_version="4.1" hover_enabled="0" open="off"]Area of triangles
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.
[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 2" _builder_version="4.1" hover_enabled="0"]Now, we know area of a triangle =\( \frac{(height).(base)}{2} \). Try to use this here .
[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 3" _builder_version="4.1" hover_enabled="0"]So , we have the area of is equal to 
. Plugging in , what we get ?
[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 4" _builder_version="4.1" hover_enabled="0"]we get 
. Dividing, we find that 
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