SOLUTION: Please help with this problem the text book do not show clearly how to do it Rose' s garden is in the shape of a trapezoid. If the height of the trapezoid is 16m, one base is 20

Question 87440: Please help with this problem the text book do not show clearly how to do it
Rose' s garden is in the shape of a trapezoid. If the height of the trapezoid is 16m, one base is 20m, and the area is 224m�, find the length of the other base.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rose' s garden is in the shape of a trapezoid. If the height of the trapezoid is 16m, one base is 20m, and the area is 224m�, find the length of the other base.
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Area = (1/2)h(b1 + b2)
224 = (1/2)*16*(b1 + 20)
448/16 = b1 + 20
28 = b1 + 20
b1 = 8 m
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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