Now, looking at the same decomposition and changing our point of view on which side is the “base” and which line is the “height”, we’ll follow the text’s suggestion and find that

Now, looking at the same decomposition and changing our point of view on which side is the “base” and which line is the “height”, we’ll follow the text’s suggestion and find that

Area ADE = .5 (h3) AD and

Area BDE = .5 (h3) BD.

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