Area of Overlapping Triangles | Math Puzzle

Here’s another one of those visual geometry problems… It’s always nice to ‘see’ the answer unfold in a simple way! Hope you enjoy this one - be sure to check out the detailed, step-by-step walkthrough of a solution, later in the video!

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Here are two congruent equilateral triangles. The area of the smaller triangles are 1, 9 and 16 - they’re all equilateral as well. Given this, what is the area of the shaded hexagon?

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Area of Overlapping Triangles | Math Puzzle

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