document.write( "Question 829953: The area of a trapezoid is 162cm2(squard). The height is 18cm and the length of one of the parallel sides is 6cm. Find the length of the second parallel
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document.write( "The other way to do this problem is to memorize the formula for\r\n" );
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document.write( "where capital B is one parallel side and small b is the other parallel side\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we substitute A=162, b=6, h=18 and leave the B unknown to solve for:\r\n" );
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