Question

!TRANSLATE THIS INTO A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION!

Area of trapezoid (A) is equal to half the sum of its 2 bases (b1 and b2) times height (h).

Answer 1

`{A = (b_1+b_2)/(2)h}`

Explanation:

"half the sum of its 2 bases (b1 and b2)"...

the sum of the bases would be getting divided by two --->
`(b_1+b_2)/(2)`

"times height"

the quotient would be multiplied by the given height ---> * h

Putting it all together, we would get:

`(b_1+b_2)/(2)*h\text{ or } (b_1+b_2)/(2)h`

The second version is generally preferred.

`\boxed{A = (b_1+b_2)/(2)h}`

Hope this helps.