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Problem

Rectangle $DEFA$ below is a $3 \times 4$ rectangle with $DC=CB=BA=1$ . The area of the "bat wings" (shaded area) is

$[asy] draw((0,0)--(3,0)--(3,4)--(0,4)--(0,0)--(2,4)--(3,0)); draw((3,0)--(1,4)--(0,0)); fill((0,0)--(1,4)--(1.5,3)--cycle, black); fill((3,0)--(2,4)--(1.5,3)--cycle, black); label("$A$",(3.05,4.2)); label("$B$",(2,4.2)); label("$C$",(1,4.2)); label("$D$",(0,4.2)); label("$E$", (0,-0.2)); label("$F$", (3,-0.2)); label("$1$", (0.5, 4), N); label("$1$", (1.5, 4), N); label("$1$", (2.5, 4), N); label("$4$", (3.2, 2), E); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }2 \frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }3 \frac{1}{2}\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

Solution 1

The area of trapezoid $CBFE$ is $\frac{1+3}2\cdot 4=8$ . Next, we find the height of each triangle to calculate their area. The two non-colored isosceles triangles are similar, and are in a $3:1$ ratio by AA similarity (alternate interior and vertical angles) so the height of the larger is $3,$ while the height of the smaller one is $1.$ Thus, their areas are $\frac12$ and $\frac92$ . Subtracting these areas from the trapezoid, we get $8-\frac12-\frac92 =\boxed3$ . Therefore, the answer to this problem is $\boxed{\textbf{(C) }3}$

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 ==Solution 1==
-Let G be the midpoint B and C
-Draw H, J, K beneath C, G, B, respectively.
-<asy>
-draw((0,0)--(3,0)--(3,4)--(0,4)--(0,0)--(2,4)--(3,0));
-draw((3,0)--(1,4)--(0,0));
-fill((0,0)--(1,4)--(1.5,3)--cycle, grey);
-fill((3,0)--(2,4)--(1.5,3)--cycle, grey);
-draw((1,0)--(1,4));
-draw((1.5,0)--(1.5,4));
-draw((2,0)--(2,4));
-label("$A$",(3.05,4.2));
-label("$B$",(2,4.2));
-label("$C$",(1,4.2));
-label("$D$",(0,4.2));
-label("$E$", (0,-0.2));
-label("$F$", (3,-0.2));
-label("$G$", (1.5, 4.2));
-label("$H$", (1, -0.2));
-label("$J$", (1.5, -0.2));
-label("$K$", (2, -0.2));
-label("$1$", (0.5, 4), N);
-label("$1$", (2.5, 4), N);
-label("$4$", (3.2, 2), E);
-</asy>
-Let us take a look at rectangle CDEH. I have labeled E' for convenience. First of all, we can see that EE'H and CE'B are similar triangles because all their three angles are the same. Furthermore, since EH=CB, we can confirm that EE'H and CE'B are identical triangles. Thus, CE'=E'H, which is half of CH.
-<asy>
-fill((0,0)--(1,4)--(1,2)--cycle, grey);
-draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,4)--(0,4)--(0,0));
-draw((0,0)--(1,4)--(1,2)--(0,0));
-label("$C$",(1,4.2));
-label("$D$",(0,4.2));
-label("$E$", (0,-0.2));
-label("$H$", (1, -0.2));
-label("$E'$", (1.2, 2));
-</asy>
-Then we can see that CEE' has <math>\frac{1}{4}</math> the area of CDEH because it has half the base and the same height. Similarly, the shaded regions in CGJH, BGJK, and ABKF all have <math>\frac{1}{4}</math> the area of their rectangle. So, the total shaded region is just <math>\frac{1}{4}</math> the area of the total region, or <math>\frac{1}{4} \times 3 \times 4</math>, or <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) }3}</math>
-==Solution 2==
 The area of trapezoid <math>CBFE</math> is <math>\frac{1+3}2\cdot 4=8</math>. Next, we find the height of each triangle to calculate their area. The two non-colored isosceles triangles are similar, and are in a <math>3:1</math> ratio by AA similarity (alternate interior and vertical angles) so the height of the larger is <math>3,</math> while the height of the smaller one is <math>1.</math> Thus, their areas are <math>\frac12</math> and <math>\frac92</math>. Subtracting these areas from the trapezoid, we get <math>8-\frac12-\frac92 =\boxed3</math>. Therefore, the answer to this problem is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) }3}</math>

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