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Right Triangle Quadrilateral

Source: 2014 AMC 12B #9

March 2, 2014
geometryPythagorean TheoremAMC

Problem Statement

Convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD has AB=3,BC=4,CD=13,AD=12,AB = 3, BC = 4, CD = 13, AD = 12, and ABC=90,\angle ABC = 90^\circ, as shown. What is the area of the quadrilateral?
[asy] unitsize(.4cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(14pt)); dotfactor=2; pair A,B,C,D; C = (0,0); B = (0,4); A = (3,4); D = (12.8,-2.8); draw(C--B--A--D--cycle); draw(rightanglemark(C,B,A,20)); dot("AA",A,N); dot("BB",B,NW); dot("CC",C,SW); dot("DD",D,E); [/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 30<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 36<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 40<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 48<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 58.5 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 30 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 36 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 40 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 48 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 58.5