SOLUTION: The area of a trapezoid is 64 square feet. The height is 8 feet and one base is three times the length of the other base. What is the measure of each base?
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Question 1095627: The area of a trapezoid is 64 square feet. The height is 8 feet and one base is three times the length of the other base. What is the measure of each base?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area is (1/2)h(b1+b2)
let b1 be the shorter base
then b2=3b1
64=(1/2)*8(4b1)
128/8=4b1
16=4b1
b1=4 feet
b2=12 feet
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