Heidi hikes two trails, the Big Trapezoid and the Little Trapezoid. The shorter base of the Big Trapezoid is 2 mi long, while th

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Heidi hikes two trails, the Big Trapezoid and the Little Trapezoid. The shorter base of the Big Trapezoid is 2 mi long, while th

e longer base is 8 mi. The longer base of the Little Trapezoid is 4 mi long. The trails are similar shapes.
What is the length of the shorter base of the Little Trapezoid trail?

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Bas_tet [7] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-02T19:25:32+03:00

Bas_tet [7]3 years ago

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Two trapezoid are similar
so it has some scale factor
look longer base of a big trap is 8 mi,and longer base of shorter trap is 4mi.
so that is half of big trapezoid.
so little trapezoid base should be 1 as big trap's shorter base is 2mi<span />