Question

Jesse is helping his grandmother plant a garden in the shape of the trapezoid shown below. What is the area, in square feet, of this garden?

The base one is 12.5 feet long.
Base two is 0.5 times the length of base one.
The height is 10 feet.
A.28.75
B.93.75
C. 125.00
D.187.50

Answer 1

B. 93.75 ft

Explanation:

The area of a trapezoid is found by the equation Area=1/2(base 1 + base 2)*height

Known:

Base 1 = 12.5 ft

Base 2 = .5*Base 1 = .5*12.5 = 6.25 ft

Height = 10 ft

We can plug these numbers into the formula

Area=1/2(12.5+6.25)*10

Solving the equation, we get Area = 93.75 ft