Question

A tabletop is in the shape of a trapezoid. The lengths of the trapezoid's parallel sides are 48 inches and 40 inches. The height of the trapezoid is 24 inches.

What is the area of this tabletop?

112 in²
1056 in²
2112 in²
23,040 in²

Answer 1

The equation is

`area = (1)/(2) (a + b)h`
If you put in the numbers you get

`area = (1)/(2) (48 + 40) * 24`
This comes to 1056. So the answer is 1056 in^2