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Triangles BDC, CBD, CDB, DBC and DCB.
The triangle is a right angled triangle with sides measuring 3 (and 4) and the hypotenuse of length 5. Note - The length of the third side bc = 4, can be calculated using Pythagoras Theorem. If d is 1 unit of length along the hypotenuse and a perpendicular line is drawn from bc to d (meeting bc at e) then the triangle bde is similar to triangle bac. Then ca/ba = 3/5 = ed/bd = ed/1. Thus ed = 3/5 units in length. The area of a triangle = ½ x base x vertical height. The area of triangle dbc = ½ x bc x ed = ½ x 4 x 3/5 = 1.2 sq units.