2017 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 15

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Rectangle $ABCD$ has $AB=3$ and $BC=4$ . Point $E$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $B$ to diagonal $\overline{AC}$ . What is the area of $\triangle ABC$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ frac{42/25}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ frac{28/15}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ frac{54/25}$

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