Chinese Quadrilateral Puzzle

This is another intimidating puzzle from Presh Talwalkar:

“Thanks to Eric from Miami for suggesting this problem and sending a solution!

From a 5th grade Chinese textbook: In the quadrilateral ABCD, angle A = 90°, angle ABD = 40°, angle BDC = 5°, angle C = 45°, and the length of AB is 6. Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.”

Answer.

See the Chinese Quadrilateral Puzzle for solutions.

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