Question

If the area of a trapezoid below is 234 square units, what is the value of x?

Answer 1

the formula for the area of a trapezoid is area =(top + bottom)/2 x height

using the given information we can solve

for x:

234 = (20+32)/2 X

234 = 52/2 X

234 = 26 X

X=234/26

X= 9 units