Question

What is the area of the trapezoid shown below?6 units8 units12 units

Answer 1

SOLUTION

The area of a trapezoid is determined using:

$A=\frac{1}{2}h(a+b)$

From the figure

h=8, a=6, b= 12

Hence the area given

$\begin{gathered} A=\frac{1}{2}\times8(6+12) \\ A=4(18) \\ A=72 \end{gathered}$

Therefore the area of the trapezoid is 72 square units