Question

A cake is made out of 2 identical trapezoids. Each trapezoid has a height of 11 inches and base of 9 inches and 14 inches . What is the area of one of the trapezoid pieces

Answer 1

Area is 126.5 inches^2

Explanation:

Mathematically, to calculate the area of the trapezoid, we use the following mathematical formula;

A = 1/2(a + b) h

here, a and b represents the two parallel sides which is 9 and 14 inches here and h which is the height is 11

Plugging these values into the equation, we have

A = 1/2(9 + 14)11

= 1/2(23)11 = (23*11)/2 = 126.5 inches^2