Area of Semicircle Found From Lines at Right Angles

The diagram shows a semicircle with two lines drawn at right angles. What is the area of the semicircle?

Complete the triangle ABC. From C draw a line to the end of the dimater at D. Triangle ACD is a right angled triangle.
If

\[\angle BAC =x\]

then

\[\angle BCA = 90-x\]

and

\[\angle DCB=90-(90-x)=x, \: \angle BDC=90-x\]

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Triangles ABC and BDC have three identical angles, so are similar triangles.
Then

\[\frac{AB}{BC}=\frac{BC}{BD} \rightarrow BD=\frac{BC \times BC}{AB}=\frac{16^2}{8}=32\]