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One face of a lamp shade is a trapezoid shape.

What is the area of the lamp shade face?

NEED HELP NOW One face of a lamp shade is a trapezoid shape. What is the area of the-example-1
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The area of a trapezoid is the height times the average of the two bases, mathematically:

A=h(b1+b2)/2, in this case h=6in, b1=9in, and b2=7in so

A=6(9+7)/2

A=6*16/2

A=48in^2
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