Referring to the figure, find the base area (of the bottom only)
of the prism shown.

Question

Referring to the figure, find the base area (of the bottom only)
of the prism shown.

deathslasher99 · Answer

how can i show you guys the image its not letting me copy ad paste

deathslasher99 · Answer

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archaists · Answer

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'base', but if you mean the trapezoid shape nearest the bottom I got 20.

deathslasher99 · Answer

show me how you did it to get 20 so i can verify

deathslasher99 · Answer

And what formula did you use?

archaists · Answer

I used the formula for area of a trapezoid: Area=(a+b/2)h. What you do is you take a (the smaller base) which is 2 in the image, b (the larger base) which is 8 in the image, and the height, which is 4. plug that in and solve.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

each trapezoid looks like this

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deathslasher99 · Answer

alright well thanks appreaciate it

deathslasher99 · Answer

ok well if the area is 20 what is the volume?

archaists · Answer

The volume of the trapezoid would be 158.4 if 4 in the diagram is referring to partial height.

deathslasher99 · Answer

did you use v=bh

deathslasher99 · Answer

Round to the nearest whole number