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2021 Fall AMC 10B Problem 13
A square with side length 3 is inscribed in an isosceles triangle with one side of the square along the base of the triangle. A square with side length 2 has two vertices on the other square and the other two on sides of the triangle, as shown. What is the area of the triangle?
![[asy] //diagram by kante314 draw((0,0)--(8,0)--(4,8)--cycle, linewidth(1.5)); draw((2,0)--(2,4)--(6,4)--(6,0)--cycle, linewidth(1.5)); draw((3,4)--(3,6)--(5,6)--(5,4)--cycle, linewidth(1.5)); [/asy]](/static/aops/ee0b3c17b58c14762d6dcde965da0aa09a9cdd3a.png)
(\textbf{A})\: 19\frac14\qquad(\textbf{B}) \: 20\frac14\qquad(\textbf{C}) \: 21 \frac34\qquad(\textbf{D}) \: 22\frac12\qquad(\textbf{E}) \: 23\frac34
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