SOLUTION: Can anyone help to solve this problem? Find the unknown base it height of the trapezoid. A=112 ft^2, b1=11ft, b2=____, h=8ft

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Find the unknown base it height of the trapezoid.
A=112 ft^2, b1=11ft, b2=____, h=8ft
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Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of a trapezoid:
We have all these numbers but the second base. So we can use this equation to find it:

Simplifying the right side we get:

Solving for the variable we subtract 44 from both sides:

Divide by 4:


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