SOLUTION: A tabletop in the shape of a trapezoid has an area of 5,715 square centimeters. Its longer base measures 115 centimeters, and the shorter base is 65 centimeters. What is the height

Question 1116342: A tabletop in the shape of a trapezoid has an area of 5,715 square centimeters. Its longer base measures 115 centimeters, and the shorter base is 65 centimeters. What is the height?

Answer by ikleyn(52810) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Area of a trapezoid (of any trapezoid) is equal to half the product of the sum of the bases times height:


A = 


5715 =  = 90h.


=============================>  h =  centimeters.

Solved.

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