Question

Find the area of a trapezoid with base lengths 3 and 5 and heigh of 9

Answer 1

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.

Formula for area:
`A = (1)/(2)(^(b)1 + ^(b)2)(h)`

In this formula, the bases are the parallel sides.

Now plug the information into the formula.

`A = (1)/(2) (3 + 5)(9)`.

Follow your order of operations, simplify inside the parentheses first.

`A = (1)/(2)(8)(9)`.

(1/2)(8) is 4 so we have (4)(9) which is 36.

So the area of the trapezoid is 36.