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AMC 12 2003a Problem 14

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Points K,L,M,K, L, M, and NN lie in the plane of the square ABCDABCD such that AKBAKB, BLCBLC, CMDCMD, and DNADNA are equilateral triangles. If ABCDABCD has an area of 16, find the area of KLMNKLMN.

unitsize(2cm);
defaultpen(fontsize(8)+linewidth(0.8));
pair A=(-0.5,0.5), B=(0.5,0.5), C=(0.5,-0.5), D=(-0.5,-0.5);
pair K=(0,1.366), L=(1.366,0), M=(0,-1.366), N=(-1.366,0);
draw(A--N--K--A--B--K--L--B--C--L--M--C--D--M--N--D--A);
label("AA",A,SE);
label("BB",B,SW);
label("CC",C,NW);
label("DD",D,NE);
label("KK",K,NNW);
label("LL",L,E);
label("MM",M,S);
label("NN",N,W);

(A) 32(B) 16+163(C) 48(D) 32+163(E) 64\textrm{(A)}\ 32 \textrm{(B)}\ 16+16\sqrt{3} \textrm{(C)}\ 48 \textrm{(D)}\ 32+16\sqrt{3} \textrm{(E)}\ 64

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