Question

The area of a trapezoid is 70.55 square feet. The length of the bases are 11.4 and 5.6 feet. What is the height of the trapezoid?

Answer 1

The height is 8.3 feet

Explanation:

Answer 2

The height is 8.3 feet

Explanation:

The area of a trapezoid is calculated using the formula:

Area=½(sum of bases)*height

We substitute area=70.55, and the base lengths 11.4 and 5.6 feet and solve for the height.

`70.55 = (1)/(2) (11.4 + 5.6)h`

`70.55 = (1)/(2) (17)h`

`70 .55 = 8.5h`

`h = (70.55)/(8.5)`

`h = 8.3`