Answer:
The length of the longer base he 35 units
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, we want to find the length of the longer base of the trapezoid
Mathematically, we can find the area using the formula;
1/2( a + b) h
where a is the shorter base
b is the longer base
h is the height
Let the shorter base be x
The other base is 5 times this length and that makes 5 * x = 5x
Height is the average of both bases;
(x + 5x)/2 = 6x/2 = 3x
Substituting these in the formula, we have ;
1/2(x + 5x)3x = 441
3x(6x) = 882
18x^2 = 882
x^2 = 882/18
x^2 = 49
x^2 = 7^2
x = 7
But the longer base is 5x and that will be 5 * 7 = 35 units
