2018 UNCO Math Contest II Problems/Problem 2

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Problem

[asy] pair D=(0,0),B=(0,12),C=(16,0),A=(-9,0); draw(A--B--C--A,dot); draw(D--B,dot); MP("D",D,S);MP("A",A,S);MP("C",C,S);MP("B",B,N); MP("16",(8,0),S);MP("15",(A+B)/2,NW); [/asy]

Segment AB is perpendicular to segment BC and segment AC is perpendicular to segment BD. If segment AB has length 15 and segment DC has length 16, then what is the area of triangle ABC?

Solution

$150$

See also

2018 UNCO Math Contest II (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 1
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Problem 3
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