Question

Hair is a trapezium drawn on a centimetre grid not trying to scale work out the area of the trapezium state in the units of your answer. 2 marks

Answer 1

`Area = 18`

Explanation:

Given;

`a = 2\\ h = 4\\ b=7`

See attachment for trapezium

Required

The area

From the attachment, the formula is:

`Area = (1)/(2) * (a + b) * h`

`Area = (1)/(2) * (2 + 7) * 4`

`Area = (1)/(2) * 9 * 4`

`Area = 18`