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Kannan, I used our four-sided lot calculator to verify that the area is 1.5 acres. I then put a coordinate system on the plane with D at the origin. A on the x-axis and C on the y-axis. Using the distance formula and solving equation I found that B has the coordinates (94.2, 55.7). The point M midway between A and B is (110.7, 27.9) so if the frontage is to be divided in half you need a boundary from M to the side CD (the y-axis). I then took a point N on the y-axis with coordinates (0, y) and found the distance from this point to M to be √[110.72 + (27.9 - y)2]. I then experimented with various values of y giving a lot with corners at D, A, M and N and used our four-sided lot calculator to determine the area of this lot. I found that when y = 23.1 meters this lot has an area of 0.75 acres. Thus my conclusion is to divide the lot by a line from M, the point along AB which is 32.4 meters from A, to N, the point along the side DC which is 23.1 meters from D. I hope this helps, | ||||||||||||
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