Question

What is the area of the trapezoid shown below?6 units8 units12 units

Answer 1

The area of a trapezoid is determined using:

`A=(1)/(2)h(a+b)`

From the figure

h=8, a=6, b= 12

Hence the area given

`\begin{gathered} A=(1)/(2)*8(6+12) \\ A=4(18) \\ A=72 \end{gathered}`

Therefore the area of the trapezoid is 72 square units