Question

Find the area.

Answer 1

Do you see two trapezoids there?

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

It looks like two trapezoids. So, you calculate both trapezoid areas and add them up together. To calculate a trapezoid area, you use the equation where you add the bases together and divide that by 2. Then you multiply that by the height.

Answer 4

So use the area formula twice. What are the bases of the trapezoid on the left?

Answer 5

5 and 23?

Answer 6

Yes. So add those together, multiply by the height and divide by 2

Answer 7

okay

Answer 8

@Mertsj okay i did that on both sides

Answer 9

To get the total area, add those two together.

Answer 10

but i got really bug numbers and they are to high to be right

Answer 11

23+5=28, 28 times 18=504, 504 divided by 2 = 252. Area of left trapezoid = 252
23+13=36, 36 times 14=504, 504 divided by 2 = 252. Area of right trapezoid = 252
252 + 252 = 504

Answer 12

okay i got really big numbers..weird okay well i got it now...thank you! @Mertsj