A trapezoid has a height of 6 cm and bases of 8 and 10 cm. What is the area of the trapezoid?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-15T10:15:10

The area is 54 square centimeters, #cm^2#

Use the formula #A = ((a+b)*h)/2#
Where #a# and #b# are the parallel sides, and #h# is the height of the trapezoid. A is the area of the trapezoid.

Let's define our variables:
#a = 8 cm#
#b = 10 cm#
#h = 6 cm#

Let's put them into our formula:

#A = ((8cm + 10cm)*6cm)/2#

#A = (18cm * 6cm)/2#

#A = (108cm^2)/2#

#A = 54cm^2#