Find the value of x.
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The answers have square roots among the choices so we probably shouldn't use that calculator button.
We can't just apply the area of the trapezoid formula
where b is the bottom base, t the parallel top, and h the height, because we don't know the top t.
It will be 10 less the leg of that right triangle, which we calculate as
Now we can apply the trapezoid formula. We have
Choice b