document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=66086>Question 66086</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( "multiply both sides by 2/16 to cancel the fraction<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply and reduce the quantity on the left<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 20 from both sides<BR>\n" );
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