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What is the area of the trapezoid?

30 square units
60 square units
90 square units
120 square units

What is the area of the trapezoid? 30 square units 60 square units 90 square units-example-1

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Answer:

60 square units

Explanation:

We can bound the trapezoid with a rectangle having opposite corners at (4, 6) and (16, 16). This rectangle will have an area of (16 -4)(16 -6) = 120 square units.

From this bounding rectangle we can subtract the areas of the corner triangles. Their x-y extents (CW from upper left) are ...

(10×6), (2×6), (6×4), (6×4)

Their areas are half the product of these base×height dimensions, so the triangles have a total area of ...

(1/2)(60 +12 +24 +24) = 60

Then the area of the trapezoid is the difference of the area of the bounding rectangle and the area of the corner triangles:

trapezoid area = 120 -60 = 60 . . . . square units

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