What is the area of a trapezoid with bases 14 cm and 18 cm and height 10 cm?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-14T17:48:41

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The formula for the area of a trapezoid is:

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Substituting the values in the problem into the formula and calculating #A# gives:

#A = (14"cm" + 18"cm")/2 xx 10"cm"#

#A = (32"cm")/2 xx 10"cm"#

#A = 16"cm" xx 10"cm"#

#A = 160"cm"^2#