Question

you can see that there is 8 cm in middle of the trapezoid. above the trapezoid, it says 6 cm, below the trapezoid, it says 11 cm. find the area of the trapezoid and answer this question in square cm.

Answer 1

Answer:

The measure of the longer base is:

                           9 centimeters

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the area of a trapezoid with height h and two parallel bases b and b' is given by the formula:

Here we have:

The area of a trapezoid is 30 square centimeters. The height is 4 centimeters. The shorter base measures 6 centimeters.

i.e.  

Step-by-step explanation: