Question

20 ft 18 ft 25 ft 28 ft Find the area of the trapezoid shown above. [?] square feet Hint: The formula for the area of a trapezoid is: ba-ba). h 2 Enter

Answer 1

Area = [(a+b) /2 ] h

Where:

A : Long base = 28

b : short base = 20

h= heigth = 18

Replacing:

A = [(28+20) /2 ] 18

A = 432 ft2