The face of a playhouse is shown below. The owner wants to refinish the face of it due to his daughter, Maria drawing all over it . If the painting contractor charges $25 a square ft, how much would it cost the owner to have the front of the playhouse painted?

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

25.45584

i would say b) is your answer

sorry if im wrong

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