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[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

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The area of the shaded region $\text{BEDC}$ in parallelogram $\text{ABCD}$ is to be found, where $\text{ABCD}$ is a parallelogram with base $BC = 12$ cm, and point $E$ divides $BC$ such that $BE = 7$ cm and $ED = 5$ cm. The perpendicular height from $A$ to $BC$ is 9 cm.
A) 48.5 cm²
B) 54.5 cm²
C) 76.5 cm²
D) 104.5 cm²

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