Question

What is the area of this trapezoid?

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A. 50 in2
B. 108 in2
C. 126 in2
D. 192 in2

Answer 1

I see two triangles and a rectangle
Area of a rectangle: length times width
Area of a triangle: 1/2 times height times base

Answer 2

so I divide it by 2?

Answer 3

1/2 x 9 x 2

Answer 4

That is how you solve for one of the triangles.

Answer 5

Do you happen to know the full problem?

Answer 6

You want to find the area of the triangles and then the area of the rectangle, add them up and that is the area of your shape

Answer 7

Or you could solve it all at once

Area of trapezoid = 1/2 * (base1 + base2) * height

The beauty of math is that you can solve the same question in many different ways :)