Question

What is the area of this trapezoid?in2bz= 5 in.h= 4 in.3 in2 in-b = 10 in.

Answer 1

The area of the trapezoid is 30 squared inches

Here, we want to calculate the area of the trapezoid

Mathematically, the formula is;

`A\text{ = }(1)/(2)(a+b)h`

where a and b represents the parallel sides and h is the height

From the diagram, we have a and b as 5 in and 10 in respectively; we have the height as 4 inches

Substituting these values into the formula, we have;

`\begin{gathered} A\text{ = }(1)/(2)(5+10)4 \\ \\ A\text{ = }(1)/(2)*15*4 \\ A\text{ = 15}*2 \\ \\ A=30in^2 \end{gathered}`