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Find the area 8ft. 7ft. 14ft. ( EXPLAIN) ​

Find the area 8ft. 7ft. 14ft. ( EXPLAIN) ​-example-1
User Prajjwal
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Answer:

77Ft

if we were to ignore the extra "space" or area, and just do the area of the square we would get 8x7, but you probably want to know how I figured the area of both triangles, well this is simple the triangle has a height of 7 while it has a base(bottom) of 3 since 14-8(top)=6 and there are two triangles and they are the same lenght, when there is a triangle we do the base x height then divide by 2 since it's half a square so we do in this situation 3x7=21 and since there is another triangle we do it one more 3x7=21 add them together 3x7x2=42 then divide this by 2 and we get 21, we then add this to 56 which is the area of the square and get our result 77ft

User Sherein
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Answer:

The area is 77 ft.

Explanation:

The formula for area of a trapezoid is 1/2 (base1 + base2) x height.

So, 1/2 (14+8) x 7 = 77.

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