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2015 AMC 8
Problems
(1)
Triangle ABC
Source: 2015 AMC 8 #6
11/25/2015
In
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\bigtriangleup ABC
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BC
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B
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B
C
=
29
AB=BC=29
A
B
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BC
=
29
, and
A
C
=
42
AC=42
A
C
=
42
. What is the area of
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C
\bigtriangleup ABC
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BC
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AMC 8
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2015 AMC 8