<span>A parabola that has a horizontal directrix is a parabola that opens up or down.
Here are some of its components:
1) Standard equation of a parabola with a horizontal directrix: (x-h)^2 = 4a(y-k),
a = distance from vertex to focus
2) Vertex at (h,k)
3) Focus(h,k+a)
4) Directrix: y = k-a
5) Axis of symmetry: x = h
A parabola that has a vertical directrix opens to the right or left and is on its side.
Here are some components
1) Standard equation of a parabola with a vertical directrix: (y-k)^2 = 4a(x-h)
2) vertex (h,k)
3) focus (h+a,k)
4) directrix: x = h-a
5) Axis of symmetry: y = k
Hopes this helps :)</span>
We know the width of the rectangle in the middle of the trapezoid is 24 (from the top of the image), so we can subtract that from the bottom width of the trapezoid to get the combined length of the bottom of both triangles.
Since this is an isosceles trapezoid, both triangle bases are the same length, so we can cut this value in half to get the length of 
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Finally, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of 
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Answer:
volume= area×height /2
( it's like a half a cuboid)
area=6sq inc
