An isosceles trapezoid has an area of 21540 feet. What are the lengths of each base and the height?

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pfenn1 · Answer

What does the fact that it is an isosceles triangle tell you about the sides of the triangle?

anonymous · Answer

They're the same.

pfenn1 · Answer

Sorry, I meant isosceles trapezoid.|dw:1342964621092:dw|A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. In a trapezoid the parallel sides are called bases. A pair of angles that share a base as a common side are called a pair of base angles. A trapezoid with the two non-parallel sides the same length is called an isosceles trapezoid. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are equal in measure.

pfenn1 · Answer

The area is given by$$A	=	\frac12(a+b)h$$

pfenn1 · Answer

Do you have enough information to solve this problem?

anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure.

anonymous · Answer

I don't think you have enough information actually...  The two figures below could potentially have the same area

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