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Combinatorics Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United Kingdom

PQRSPQRS is a square which has been divided into four regions: two identical rectangles, one square of area 9 cm29\text{ cm}^2 and a second square of area 25 cm225\text{ cm}^2. What is the area of square PQRSPQRS, in cm2\text{cm}^2?

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