Trapezoid because it has four sides that are not equal You may not be familiar with this figure because most trapezoids don't look like this. It is a quadrilateral because it is a figure that has 4 sides.
The area of a triangle is A = bh/2 (base times height divided by 2). You are given the area (6 square feet) and the height (4 feet) of the triangle. use this formula to calculate the base (b).