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18. What is the length of the 2nd base of a trapezoid if the length of one base is 27 and the length of the midsegment is 19? Show your work.
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18. What is the length of the 2nd base of a trapezoid if the length of one base is 27 and the length of the midsegment is 19? Show your work.

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The midsegment has a lenth that is the average of those of the two bases. The other base is found from
.. m = (b₁ +b₂)/2
.. 2m -b₁ = b₂
.. 2*19 -27 = 11

The length of the second base is 11.
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