A trapezoid is shown. The lengths of the bases K L and J M are 10 feet and 5 feet. The length of side L M is 6 feet. An altitude

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A trapezoid is shown. The lengths of the bases K L and J M are 10 feet and 5 feet. The length of side L M is 6 feet. An altitude

is drawn from point K to a point on side J M.
A plot of land has an area of 33.75 square feet. Jackson wants to put a 4-foot by 4-foot shed on the land. He can only do this if the height of the trapezoid is at least 4.5 feet. What is the height of the trapezoid?

feet

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Irina-Kira [14] · Answer 1 · 2023-08-20T11:48:48+03:00

The given height of this trapezoid is given to be 4.5m

<h3>How to solve for the height of the trapezoid</h3>

We have to solve for this by making use of the height of a trapezoid. The height is given as

A = (1/2) h (b1 + b2)

The variables here are

h = height

b1 = lenght at base 1

b2 = length at base 2

If the trapezoid that we have is a isosceles triangle, then base 1 is going to be the same length as that of the first base

b1 = 4 ft is the area. Given that the height has to be at least 4.5feet, then this would ensure that the trapezoid would be able to hold the shed.

Hence the height would begiven as 4.5 ft