The height of a trapezoid is 15m and the midsegment is 32m. What is the area of the trapezoid?
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Answer:
D. 6.3
Step-by-step explanation:
Well you can make a triangle with the line PQ with it's height as 2 and base as 6.
Then you can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of PQ.
a²+b²=c²
2²+6²=c²
4+36=c²
40=c²
c²=40
<em>Square root both sides</em>
c=
c≈6.3
Our answer is D. 6.3