SOLUTION: a trapezoid has one base of 10 inches,an altitude of 6 inches and an area of 51 square inches, find the length of the other base

Question 1120782: a trapezoid has one base of 10 inches,an altitude of 6 inches and an area of 51 square inches, find the length of the other base
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area is the height, times the average of the two bases.

Call the other base length x; then from the given information

Use basic algebra to solve.
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