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Use congruence to find lengths for area
In the figure, quadrilateral and quadrilateral are congruent. Find the area, in , of quadrilateral .
The figure consists of a lower trapezoid and a congruent quadrilateral tilted above and to its right; the two quadrilaterals share vertex . In trapezoid , the bottom side has length . Point lies on the top side with , and the right side . In the upper quadrilateral , side . Quadrilateral is a square.