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What is the area of the right trapezoid? Please answerrr

What is the area of the right trapezoid? Please answerrr-example-1

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Answer:

A = 56 in²

Explanation:

the area (A) of a trapezoid is calculated as

A =
(1)/(2) h (b₁ + b₂ )

h is the perpendicular height between bases and b₁, b₂ the bases

here h = 7 , b₁ = 10 , b₂ = 6 , then

A =
(1)/(2) × 7 × (10 + 6) = 3.5 × 16 = 56 in²

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