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Exercise 61
Rhombus $ABCD$ is similar to rhombus $BFDE$. The area of rhombus $ABCD$ is $54$, and $\angle BAD=30^\circ$. What is the area of rhombus $BFDE$?
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  1. Let the side lengths of $ABCD$ and $BFDE$ be $s$ and $t$. In $ABCD$, $BD$ is the short diagonal, so $BD=2s\sin15^\circ$.
  2. In the similar rhombus $BFDE$, $BD$ is the long diagonal, so $BD=2t\cos15^\circ$. Equating the diagonals gives $t/s=\tan15^\circ=2-\sqrt3$.
  3. The area ratio is $(t/s)^2=(2-\sqrt3)^2=7-4\sqrt3$, so $[BFDE]=54(7-4\sqrt3)=\boxed{378-216\sqrt3}$.
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