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A trapezoid has an area of 4 square units and a height of 1 unit what are the possible whole number lengths for the bases

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A = (a + b)/2 * h
4 = (a + b)/2

(a + b) = 8

(1+7), (2+6), (3+5), (4+4)

Therefore there are 4 possibilities.
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