Question

What is the area of the composite figure?

Answer 1

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$\large\boxed{A = 32.5cm^{2}}$

We can use the following area to solve for the area of the trapezoid pictured:

$A = \frac{1}{2}(b_{1} + b_{2})h$

Where:

h = height

b1 = bottom base

b2 = top base

Plug in the given values:

$A = \frac{1}{2}(9 + 4)(5)$

Simplify:

$A = \frac{1}{2}(65)\\\\A = 32.5 cm^{2}$