Question

ABCD is a trapezoid. segment AB = 1 cm and segment CD = 5 cm, and the area = 7.5 cm2. What is the altitude of the trapezoid?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Thanks.... Can you help?

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Thanks.

Answer 5

Area of a trap = ((a+b)/2) * H
So H would be area / ((a+b)/2)

Answer 6

I dont know how you get a & b

Answer 7

BTW, I have it drawn so that "a" is "AB" and "b" is "CD". My "H" is the same as "altitude".

Sorry for not defining all that for you.

Answer 8

So H is 2.5?

Answer 9

BTW...again... :-)

I have the trap drawn with AB across the top and CD being the bottom parallel section.

Answer 10

YES!! You got it! :-)

Answer 11

Yay!

Answer 12

Good job!!

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Answer 13

I have another question.

Answer 14

If 178°, and = 42°, what is m∠BDC?