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Math Puzzle for January 24, 2025

Neo and Trinity crack the dot matrix, Agent Smith gets demoted

Alameda Post - An image of graph paper with a line segment labeled AB and a dot where the third corner would form a right triangle. Above is an irregular 14-sided polygon that uses intersections of gridlines to define various points of the tetradecagon.

Line AB has a length of 17 units.
Find the area A of the irregular tetradecagon.

A = ______ square units

First correct answer received at [email protected] wins a Tucker’s Ice Cream gift card.

Last week’s winner was Jan Garvey with A = 240 square units and P = 68 units.

Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].

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