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Find the area of the trapezoid.

Find the area of the trapezoid.-example-1
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Remind students that the area of a rectangle is base × height; for the rectangle formed from the original trapezoid, the base is ½( b1 + b2 ) and the height is h , so the area of the rectangle (and, consequently, of the trapezoid) is A = ½ h ( b1 + b2 ).

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