document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13698>Question 13698</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the area of the trapezoid at the right by combining the area of the triangle and the area of the rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now I don't really know how to explain this question but I do know that around the perimeter of the trapezoid are the numbers 6m, 4m, and 10m.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tha answers to this question are....48 sq. m, 40 sq. m, 32 sq. m, or none of these.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you for the help!!!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #39581 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=BGluvsmath><B>BGluvsmath(64)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=BGluvsmath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=39581\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Area of a trapezoid with base 6 and another base 10 and height 4 is 4*(6+10)/2 = 32 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's the quick answer...now for how to get it given the instructions above.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "imagine a trapezoid with one base (top) of 6 m and the other base (bottom) of 10 m and a height of 4 m. (The height line divides the trapezoid into a right triangle with base and height of 4 m each and a rectangle that is 6 m wide by 4 m high.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of a triangle with base 4 and height 4 is 4*4/2 = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of a rectangle with sides 4, 6 is 4*6 = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add those and you get 32 sq m  </SPAN>\n" );
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