Question

What is the area of a trapezoid that has the following dimensions?

b 1: 45 mm
b 2: 37 mm
h: 6 mm

Answer 1

246mm²

Explanation:

To work out the area of a trapezoid you follow this formula:

`((base \: 1 \: + \: base \: 2 ) \: * \: height )/(2)`

So to work out of the area we need to substitute values in

`((45 + 37) * 6)/(2) = (492)/(2) = 246`