document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65177>Question 65177</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Starting with the formula for the area of a trapezoid with bases, b1 and b2, and height,h:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A+=+%28%28b1%2Bb2%29%2F2%29h ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A+=+%28%28b1%2Bb2%29%2F2%29h\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where: h = 16m, b1 = 20m, and A = 224 sq.m, we'll solve for b2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=224+=+%28%2820%2Bb2%29%2F2%2916 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"224+=+%28%2820%2Bb2%29%2F2%2916\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by 16.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14+=+%2820%2Bb2%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14+=+%2820%2Bb2%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=28+=+20%2Bb2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"28+=+20%2Bb2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 20 from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8+=+b2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8+=+b2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the other base is 8 metres.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%2820%2B8%29%2F2%2916+=+%2814%29%2816%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%2820%2B8%29%2F2%2916+=+%2814%29%2816%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=224 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"224\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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