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What is the area, in square meters, of the trapezoid below?

What is the area, in square meters, of the trapezoid below?-example-1
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this is split into three shapes

the middle is a rectangle

5.8 x 9.5 = 55.1

find width of left triangle

18 - 9.5 = 8.5

area of triangle is 1/2 base x height

8.5 x 5.8 / 2 = 24.65

5.1 x 5.8 /2 = 14.79

add all 3

99.47 is total area

Hope this helps : -)

- Jeron

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