Question

The point of a square pyramid is cut off, making each lateral face of the pyramid a trapezoid with the dimensions shown. A trapezoid has a base of 3 inches, height of 1 inches, and top side length of 1 inch. What is the area of one trapezoidal face of the figure?

Answer 1

2 square inches

Explanation:

correct in edge.

Answer 2

The area of one trapezoidal face is 2 square inch

Explanation:

Area of a trapezoid is calculated as follows:

A = (a + b)/2 * h

where a, b and h are the lengths of the top side, the base and the height, respectively. Replacing with data:

A = (1 + 3)/2 * 1

A = 2 square inch