Question

30 in. 20 in. 36 in. Find the area of the trapezoid shown above. [? ] square inches​

Answer 1

Answer: 33

b¹ + b²

_____ = h

2

30+36

_____

2

66

__ = 33 square inches

2

Answer 2

The area of this trapezoid is equal to 660
`in^(2)`

Explanation:

The area of a trapezoid is equal to the sum of the lengths of the two parallel sides times the height of the trapezoid and then divided by 2, so we can write that down as...

`Area = ((a+b)(h))/(2)= ((30 + 36)(20))/(2) = (1320)/(2) = 660 in^(2)`

Therefore the area of this trapezoid is equal to 660
`in^(2)`