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How do you find the area of a isosceles trapezoid

User Xu Qiushi
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Answer:

base*height/2

Explanation:

this is how you find the area of any triangle.

base multiplied by height= bh

divided by 1/2

so bh/2

User CRey
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To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply the sum of the bases (the parallel sides) by the height (the perpendicular distance between the bases), and then divide by 2.
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