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2011 AMC 8 Problem 16
Let A be the area of the triangle with sides of length 25, 25, and 30. Let B be the area of the triangle with sides of length 25, 25, and 40. What is the relationship between A and B?
\begin{array}{l} \textbf{(A) } A = \dfrac9{16}B \qquad\textbf{(B) } A = \dfrac34B \qquad\textbf{(C) } A=B \qquad\textbf{(D) } A = \dfrac43B \\ \\ \textbf{(E) }A = \dfrac{16}9B \end{array}
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