A trapezoid has a height of 24 meters, a base of 4 meters, and an area of 264 square meters. What is the length of the other base?

Question

how do u find this out

Answer 1

Hi Breanna,

 

The area of a trapezoid can be calculated by

(base1 + base 2) * height / 2 

Let the other base length be x

264 = (4+ x)*24 / 2

2*264 = 96 + 24x

x = 18 meters