Question

The area of a trapezoid field is 480 square m. The distance between two parallel sides is 15 m and one of the parallel sides is 20 m long. What is the length of the other parallel side

Answer 1

44m

Explanation:

area of a trapezoid = (a+b)* h/2

since the distance between two parallel sides is 15, that would be your height

plug everything in and you get:

480 = (20 + b) *15/2

b = 44