Question

What is the area of the trapezoid?

Answer 1

Given Information :

• Length of parallel sides = 60 ft and 40 ft
• Height of the trapezoid = 30 ft

To calculate :

• Area of the trapezoid.

Calculation :

As we know that,

`\bigstar \: \boxed{\sf {Area_((Trapezium)) = (1)/(2) * ( a + b) * h}} \\`

• a and b are length of parallel sides.
• h denotes height.

Substituting values, we get :

`\longmapsto` Area =
`\sf (1)/(2)` × ( 60 + 40 ) × 30 ft
`\sf ^2`

`\longmapsto` Area =
`\sf (1)/(2)` × 100 × 30 ft
`\sf ^2`

`\longmapsto` Area = 1 × 100 × 15 ft
`\sf ^2`

`\longmapsto` Area = 100 × 15 ft
`\sf ^2`

`\longmapsto` Area = 1500 ft
`\sf ^2`

Therefore,

• Area of the trapezoid is 1500 ft
  `\sf ^2`