Question

Find the area of the trapezoid.

59 units^2
190 units^2
150 units^2
300 units^2

Answer 1

area of trapezoid = (1/2)(base1 + base1)(height)
= (1/2) (11 + 19) (10)
= ?

Answer 2

http://www.mathatube.com/images/finding_trapezoid-045.jpg

Answer 3

im think its A '.'

Answer 4

mmm not quite...
what do you get from multiplying 0.5 * 30 * 10 ?

Answer 5

150 but what does multiplying that has to do with this?

Answer 6

area of trapezoid = (1/2) times (base1 + base1) times (height)

Answer 7

base 1 + base 1 ? ???

Answer 8

whats that

Answer 9

oh sorry base 1 + base 2
one parallel side plus the other parallel side

Answer 10

19 + 11 ?

Answer 11

yes
that's how I got 30
in the 0.5 * (30) * 10 part

Answer 12

ooh 05 is the 1/2

Answer 13

yes :)

Answer 14

thx :D

Answer 15

glad we could help :)