Question

The area of a trapezoid is 30 square centimeters. The height is 4 centimeters. The shorter base measures 6 centimeters. What is the measure of the longer base?

Answer 1

The other base would be 9 centimeters.

Explanation:

This is because the formula for the area of a trapezoid is base+the other base/2 x height. if you have two of the three values and the answer all you have to do is put in numbers for the third value until it equals the area you were given.