Question

On a boat, a cabin's window is in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, as shown below. What is the area of the window?

Answer 1

ANSWER: 182 inches

Explanation:

Since, it is an isosceles trapezoid, then area of an isosceles triangle is given by:
`(1 (a+b))/(2)` × h

where a and b are the two parallel sides of the triangle and h is the height of an isosceles triangle.

Now, a= 12 inches and b= 2+2+12=16 inches and h=13 inches.

`(1 (12+16))/(2)` × 13 = 182 inches