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PLEASE HELP What is the area of the trapezoid?

PLEASE HELP What is the area of the trapezoid?-example-1
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Answer:

Explanation:


\text{Area of trapezoid = $((a+b)*h)/(2)$}

a and b are the length of the parallel sides.

a = 8 + 4 + 4 = 16 in

b = 8 in

h = height = 6 in


Area = ((8+16)*6)/(2)\\\\\\=(24*6)/(2)\\\\=24*3\\\\= 72 \ in^(2)

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