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An isosceles trapezoid has bases of 4 and 10. If the base angle is 45 what is the area

User Cyril Deba
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The triangle that the height makes would be a 45-45-90 special right triangle. So the height is 3√2, and to find the area, it would be the average of the bases, 7, multiplied by 3√2. So the area of the trapezoid is 21√2.
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