PLEASE HELP - The area of a trapezoid is 70.55 square feet. The length of the bases are 11.4 feet and 5.6 feet. What is the height of the trapezoid?

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Kasha · Answer 1 · 2019-09-20T07:58:21+0000

Answer:

The height of the trapezoid is
$8.3\ ft$

Explanation:

we know that

The area of a trapezoid is equal to

A=(1)/(2)(b1+b2)h

In this problem we have

$A=70.55\ ft^(2)$

$b1=11.4\ ft$

$b2=5.6\ ft$

substitute and solve for h

70.55=(1)/(2)(11.4+5.6)h

141.1=(17)h

$h=141.1/(17)=8.3\ ft$