Question

Lucia is hoping that Angela will buy her a geometrically interesting piece of land on which he will build a mansion. Lucia has said that she will only buy the land if it costs less than $4.00 per square foot. The plot shown below is listed for $453,175. Is Angela going to be able to get this land? Explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

You have to break it up into two trapezoids and solve for the area of each, add them together, then multiply by $4.00