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#16042

geometry

similarity

area

medium

120 sec

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

In the figure shown, triangles $A BC$ and $A D E$ are right triangles with right angles at $C$ and $E$ , respectively, and share angle $A$ . If $A C = 4$ units, $BC = 3$ units, and $CE = 16$ units, what is the area, in square units, of triangle $A D E$ ?

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