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Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Isosceles triangles have two equal sides.
The area of a triangle is half the base times the height.
Any of the three vertices of the triangle can be at $(20, 20)$.
There are sets of identical (congruent) triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$.
How many triangles are there in each set? How many sets?
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