Question

The figure below shows the dimensions of a city park in feet. Shannon thinks the area of city park is 73,084 square feet. Do you agree or disagree with her? Justify your answer by finding the area of city park. Explain how you solved this problem.

Answer 1

We need to solve for the 4th side

4th side base = 75.5 -60.5 = 10 feet

4th side height = 16

4th side LENGTH^2 = 10^2 + 16^2

4th side = sq root (356) = 18.8679622641

Trapezoid Area = [(sum of the bases) / 2 ] * height

Trapezoid Area = [(136)/2] * 16

Trapezoid Area = 1,088 square feet, which is MUCH smaller

than 73,084

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