I have a concrete road and it's length is 10KM... I want to find out it's area... How i will....?
Let me draw it's diagram too....

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I have a concrete road and it's length is 10KM... I want to find out it's area... How i will....? 
Let me draw it's diagram too....

paki · Answer

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paki · Answer

@ganeshie8  @amistre64  help plz...

thesmartone · Answer

Its a trapezoid...

paki · Answer

yeah

thesmartone · Answer

And what does it say on the right side?

thesmartone · Answer

It got chopped off...

thesmartone · Answer

$\Huge Area=\frac{a+b}{2} \times h$
Where a and b are the two bases...

thesmartone · Answer

I am supposing the Height is 2?

thesmartone · Answer

amistre64 · Answer

yeah, a more general rule that works with any parallelagram is .... 

(average base) * height

thesmartone · Answer

And also you said the length is 10 km but in the diagram you put feet?

paki · Answer

yeah rite.... formula is correct... but what will i do with the length of road...?

thesmartone · Answer

Oh so the lenght would be the height..

paki · Answer

i think no... length has nothing with height

amistre64 · Answer

do we want area or volume?

dumbcow · Answer

i think we are talking about surface area here

amistre64 · Answer

is it possible to post a picture of the question?

paki · Answer

it's a site related question.... @amistre64

amistre64 · Answer

im not quite sure what the means ....

amistre64 · Answer

copyrighted by connections or something i assume

paki · Answer

@amistre64 this is the site picture.... look.... http://prntscr.com/54bcp6

ganeshie8 · Answer

you need to find the arc length along center of the road if the road is really that long and curvy

dumbcow · Answer

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10km = 6.214 mi = 6.214(5280) ft

SA = (10+2.0155+2.0155)*(6.214)(5280)

amistre64 · Answer

nice pic :)