Question

What is the area, in square feet, of the trapezoid below?8.8 ft4 ft5-3 ft

Answer 1

We are asked to find the area of the trapezoid.

Recall that the area of the trapezoid is given by

$A=\frac{1}{2}(b_1+b_2)\times h$

Where b₁ is the length of base 1 that is 8.8 ft

b₂ is the length of base 2 that is 5.3 ft

h is the height that is 4 ft

Let us substitute the given values into the above formula

$\begin{gathered} A=\frac{1}{2}(8.8+5.3)\times4 \\ A=\frac{1}{2}(14.1)\times4 \\ A=\frac{1}{2}(56.4)_{} \\ A=28.2ft^2 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the area of the trapezoid is 28.2 ft²