A tree stands $30$ft, $40$ft, and $50$ft from successive corners of a square garden. What is the area of the garden?

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I saw this math wrinkles this morning on Twitter and I tried to search for a solution, without luck. It comes from the Samuel Jones' book Mathematical Wrinkles: For Teachers and Private Learners (via Amazon.com).

I'm not here to ask for the final solution, I actually would like to have some pointers and indicators on which formula I have to use for this.

Thanks

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