document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49553>Question 49553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me solve this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Rose's garden is in the shape of a trapezoid.  If the height of the trapezoid is 16 m, one base is 20 m, and the area is 224 m^2, find the length of the other base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of a Trapezoid is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = (1/2)*( base1 + Base2)* Height\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = 224 m^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base1 = 20 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Height = 16 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Base2 = To be found out\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "224 = (1/2) * (20 + Base2)*16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20+Base2 = (224 * 2) / 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20+Base2 = 448 / 16 = 28\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer : Base2 = 28 - 20 = 8 m\r<BR>\n" );
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