Find the area of a non-iscoceles trapezoid and without the height? The trapezoid's bases are 30 and 40, and the legs 14 and 16.

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2022-11-29

Find the area of a non-iscoceles trapezoid and without the height? The trapezoid's bases are 30 and 40, and the legs 14 and 16.

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Elizabeth Farmer

Elizabeth Farmer

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The area of the triangle can be calculated by Heron's Formula, because the sides are 14,16 and 40−30=10
. [ A 1 D 1 B 2 ] = s ( s a ) ( s b ) ( s c ) = 20 6 4 10 = 40 3
Finally the height of the triangle is
h = 2 [ A 1 D 1 B 2 ] A 1 B 2 = 8 3

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