Question

What is the area of the trapezoid?

Answer 1

Given Information :

• Length of parallel sides = 60 ft and 40 ft
• Height of the trapezoid = 30 ft

To calculate :

• Area of the trapezoid.

Calculation :

As we know that,

$\bigstar \: \boxed{\sf {Area_{(Trapezium)} = \dfrac{1}{2} \times ( a + b) \times h}}$

• a and b are length of parallel sides.
• h denotes height.

Substituting values, we get :

$\longmapsto$ Area = $\sf \dfrac{1}{2}$ × ( 60 + 40 ) × 30 ft$\sf ^2$

$\longmapsto$ Area = $\sf \dfrac{1}{2}$ × 100 × 30 ft$\sf ^2$

$\longmapsto$ Area = 1 × 100 × 15 ft$\sf ^2$

$\longmapsto$ Area = 100 × 15 ft$\sf ^2$

$\longmapsto$ Area = 1500 ft$\sf ^2$

Therefore,

• Area of the trapezoid is 1500 ft$\sf ^2$