document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=62696>Question 62696</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rose’s garden is in the shape of a trapezoid. If the height of the trapezoid<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 16 m, one base is 20 m, and the area is 224 m2, find the length of the other base. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "is 16 m, one base is 20 m, and the area is 224 m2, find the length of the other base.</b>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formula for the area of a trapezoid is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=%281%2F2%29h%28B%5B1%5D%2BB%5B2%5D%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=%281%2F2%29h%28B%5B1%5D%2BB%5B2%5D%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B%5B1%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B%5B1%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is one base and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B%5B2%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B%5B2%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the other base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B%5B1%5D=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B%5B1%5D=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=224 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=224\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, plug these numbers into the area formula and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=224=%281%2F2%29%2816%29%2820%2BB%5B2%5D%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"224=%281%2F2%29%2816%29%2820%2BB%5B2%5D%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=224=8%2820%2BB%5B2%5D%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"224=8%2820%2BB%5B2%5D%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=224=160%2B8B%5B2%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"224=160%2B8B%5B2%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=64=8B%5B2%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"64=8B%5B2%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B%5B2%5D+=+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B%5B2%5D+=+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's verify that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B%5B2%5D+=+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B%5B2%5D+=+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=%281%2F2%29h%28B%5B1%5D%2BB%5B2%5D%29+=%281%2F2%29%2816%29%2820%2B8%29=8%2828%29=224 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=%281%2F2%29h%28B%5B1%5D%2BB%5B2%5D%29+=%281%2F2%29%2816%29%2820%2B8%29=8%2828%29=224\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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