Question

What is the area of the trapezoid?

16 square units
24 square units
32 square units
36 square units

Answer 1

Answer: 24 units or answer b

Explanation:

Answer 2

Second option.

Explanation:

You can use the formula for calculate the area of a trapezoid. This is:

`A_((trapezoid))=(h)/(2)(B+b)`

Where "B" is the larger base, "b" is the minor base and "h" is the height.

You can identify in the figure that:

`B=8units\\b=4units\\h=4units`

Then you can substitute values into the formula, getting that the area of the trapezoid is:

`A_((trapezoid))=(4units)/(2)(8units+4units)`

`A_((trapezoid))=24units^2`