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What is the area of a trapezoid that has the following dimensions?

b 1: 45 mm
b 2: 37 mm
h: 6 mm

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Answer:

246mm²

Explanation:

To work out the area of a trapezoid you follow this formula:


((base \: 1 \: + \: base \: 2 ) \: * \: height )/(2)

So to work out of the area we need to substitute values in


((45 + 37) * 6)/(2) = (492)/(2) = 246

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