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To start, we know that an isosceles trapezoid means that the length of P to Q is equal to the length of S to R. Therefore, taking that P is at (0,0), we can say that the distance formula from P to Q is equal to the distance formula from R to S. Our formulas are then
√((a-0)^2+(b-0)^2) = √((g-c)^2+(b-0)^2) if we take that g is the x value for R and b is the y value for R, seeing that Q and R are on the same Y value. Therefore, if we square both sides, we figure out that a²=(g-c)² and a=√(g-c)², so a is either equal to g-c or c-g. As the x value of R is clearly lower than the X value of S, and a is positive, we can take that a=c-g. Thus, because we want to solve for g, or the x value of R, we can add g to both sides to get g+a=c. Then, we can subtract a from both sides to get g=c-a, so you can put a as your answer.


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Answer:R(c-a,b)

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