Midsegment of a Triangle: Calculating area

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Exercise #1

DE is the midsection of right triangle ABC.

What is the area of the triangle?

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16

Exercise #2

DE is the midsection of right triangle ABC.

What is the area of triangle CDE?

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3

Exercise #3

Given that DE is the middle segment in triangle ABC, triangle ABC is right-angled, what is the ratio of the area of the triangle? AFE and the area of the triangle EDC?

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1