Question

Harvey is finding the area of a figure that can be divided into 2 equal trapezoids. The bases of each trapezoid are 14 and 24. The height of each is 8. What is the area of the figure? A) 144 units² B) 152 units² C) 260 units² D) 304 units²

Answer 1

304 units.

Find the area of one trapezoid and multiply by 2.

Area of trapezoid:

1/ 2

(sum of bases)(height)

1/ 2

(14 + 24)(8)

152

2(152) = 304 units2Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The equation for 1 trapezoid is 1/2h(b1 + b2) To find two, you can just cancel out the 1/2 to get h(b1 + b2).8 times (14+ 24) is 38. So 8 times 38 is 304 units^2.