Which figure is congruent to the figure shown?
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Check the picture below.
bear in mind that, the "bases" are the two parallel sides, and the height is the distance between them.
![\bf \textit{area of this trapezoid}\\\\ A=\cfrac{AB(BC+AD)}{2}\\\\ -------------------------------\\\\ \textit{distance between 2 points}\\ \quad \\ \begin{array}{lllll} &x_1&y_1&x_2&y_2\\ % (a,b) A&({{ -1}}\quad ,&{{ 5}})\quad % (c,d B&({{ 3}}\quad ,&{{ 2}}) \end{array}\qquad % distance value d = \sqrt{({{ x_2}}-{{ x_1}})^2 + ({{ y_2}}-{{ y_1}})^2} \\\\\\ AB=\sqrt{[3-(-1)]^2+[2-5]^2}\implies AB=\sqrt{(3+1)^2+(2-5)^2} \\\\\\ AB=\sqrt{16+9}\implies AB=\sqrt{25}\implies \boxed{AB=5}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Ctextit%7Barea%20of%20this%20trapezoid%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%0AA%3D%5Ccfrac%7BAB%28BC%2BAD%29%7D%7B2%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%0A-------------------------------%5C%5C%5C%5C%0A%5Ctextit%7Bdistance%20between%202%20points%7D%5C%5C%20%5Cquad%20%5C%5C%0A%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Blllll%7D%0A%26x_1%26y_1%26x_2%26y_2%5C%5C%0A%25%20%20%28a%2Cb%29%0AA%26%28%7B%7B%20-1%7D%7D%5Cquad%20%2C%26%7B%7B%205%7D%7D%29%5Cquad%20%0A%25%20%20%28c%2Cd%0AB%26%28%7B%7B%203%7D%7D%5Cquad%20%2C%26%7B%7B%202%7D%7D%29%0A%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cqquad%20%0A%25%20%20distance%20value%0Ad%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%7B%28%7B%7B%20x_2%7D%7D-%7B%7B%20x_1%7D%7D%29%5E2%20%2B%20%28%7B%7B%20y_2%7D%7D-%7B%7B%20y_1%7D%7D%29%5E2%7D%0A%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%0AAB%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5B3-%28-1%29%5D%5E2%2B%5B2-5%5D%5E2%7D%5Cimplies%20AB%3D%5Csqrt%7B%283%2B1%29%5E2%2B%282-5%29%5E2%7D%0A%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%0AAB%3D%5Csqrt%7B16%2B9%7D%5Cimplies%20AB%3D%5Csqrt%7B25%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Cboxed%7BAB%3D5%7D)
![\bf -------------------------------\\\\ \textit{distance between 2 points}\\ \quad \\ \begin{array}{lllll} &x_1&y_1&x_2&y_2\\ % (a,b) A&({{ -1}}\quad ,&{{ 5}})\quad % (c,d D&({{ -13}}\quad ,&{{ -11}}) \end{array} \\\\\\ AD=\sqrt{[-13-(-1)]^2+[-11-5]^2} \\\\\\ AD=\sqrt{(-13+1)^2+(-16)^2}\implies AD=\sqrt{144+256} \\\\\\ AD=\sqrt{400}\implies \boxed{AD=\sqrt{20}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20-------------------------------%5C%5C%5C%5C%0A%5Ctextit%7Bdistance%20between%202%20points%7D%5C%5C%20%5Cquad%20%5C%5C%0A%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Blllll%7D%0A%26x_1%26y_1%26x_2%26y_2%5C%5C%0A%25%20%20%28a%2Cb%29%0AA%26%28%7B%7B%20-1%7D%7D%5Cquad%20%2C%26%7B%7B%205%7D%7D%29%5Cquad%20%0A%25%20%20%28c%2Cd%0AD%26%28%7B%7B%20-13%7D%7D%5Cquad%20%2C%26%7B%7B%20-11%7D%7D%29%0A%5Cend%7Barray%7D%0A%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%0AAD%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5B-13-%28-1%29%5D%5E2%2B%5B-11-5%5D%5E2%7D%0A%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%0AAD%3D%5Csqrt%7B%28-13%2B1%29%5E2%2B%28-16%29%5E2%7D%5Cimplies%20AD%3D%5Csqrt%7B144%2B256%7D%0A%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%0AAD%3D%5Csqrt%7B400%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Cboxed%7BAD%3D%5Csqrt%7B20%7D%7D)
so, the area for this trapezoid is then
bear in mind that, the "bases" are the two parallel sides, and the height is the distance between them.
so, the area for this trapezoid is then
