SOLUTION: greg is making a table with a trapezoidal surface with the longer side being 6 feet long and the height of the trapezoid being 4 feet. if the total area is to be 20 square feet,
Question 1100652: greg is making a table with a trapezoidal surface with the longer side being 6 feet long and the height of the trapezoid being 4 feet. if the total area is to be 20 square feet, find the shorter length side. Answer by ikleyn(52915) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
The area of a trapezoid is half of the sum of its bases lengths multiplied by the height measure:
Area = , or
= 20.
Solve for "b": 6 + b = = 20/2 = 10 ====> b = 10-a = 10 - 6 = 4.
Answer. The other base is 4 ft long.