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Age 11 to 14 Short Challenge Level:
The diagram shows a scalene triangle with side lengths 13 cm, 21 cm and 20 cm.
From a point O inside the triangle, line segments can be drawn at right angles to each of the sides.
The lengths of these line segments are 9 cm, 3 cm and 3.6 cm, as shown in the diagram.
What is the area of the triangle?
This problem is adapted from the World Mathematics Championships
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