Question

What is the area in square meters of the trapezoid below​

Answer 1

Given:

Bases of the trapezoid are 5.2 m and 14.6 m.

The height of the trapezoid is 7 m.

To find:

The area of the trapezoid.

Solution:

The area of a trapezoid is:

$A=\dfrac{a+b}{2}\times h$

Where, a,b are bases and h is the height of the trapezoid.

Putting $a=5.2,b=14.6,h=7$ in the above formula, we get

$A=\dfrac{5.2+14.6}{2}\times 7$

$A=\dfrac{19.8}{2}\times 7$

$A=9.9\times 7$

$A=69.3$

Therefore, the area of the trapezoid is 69.3 square meters.