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2018 AMC 10AProblem 9P1-10~2 minPrint

All of the triangles in the diagram below are similar to isosceles triangle ABCABC , in which AB=ACAB=AC . Each of the 77 smallest triangles has area 1,1, and ABC\triangle ABC has area 4040 . What is the area of trapezoid DBCEDBCE ?

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