Question

Harvey is finding the area of a figure that can be divided into 2 equal trapezoids. The bases of each trapezoid are 14 and 24. The height of each is 8. What is the area of the figure?

Answer 1

The area of the trapezoid is calculated through the equation,
A = 0.5(b₁ + b₂)h
where b₁ and b₂ are the bases and h is the height. Substituting the given dimensions,
A = 0.5(14 + 24)(8) = 152
Since the figure was divided into 2 trapezoids, the total area is equal to 304 unit squared.