document.write( "Question 77170: Problem:
\n" ); document.write( "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 m2, find the length of the other base.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area of a trapezoid= A=1/2h(B+b)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hints:
\n" ); document.write( "B and b are 2 different variables. B does not = b
\n" ); document.write( "B and b are both bases of the trapezoid. (A trapezoid has 2 bases)
\n" ); document.write( "B is 20 m; you must find b.
\n" ); document.write( "You may want to use your answer to question 24 above to solve this problem, BUT IT IS NOT ACTUALLY NECESSARY; it just makes it slightly easier.
\n" ); document.write( "Be sure to check your answer. Put your answer back into the formula for the area of a trapezoid. Does the garden area still equal 224 m2?
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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 m2, find the length of the other base.
\n" ); document.write( "Area of a trapezoid= A=1/2h(B+b)
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\n" ); document.write( ".5h(B+b = A
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\n" ); document.write( ".5(16)(20+b) = 224; find b
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\n" ); document.write( "8(20+b) = 224
\n" ); document.write( "160 + 8b = 224
\n" ); document.write( "8b = 224 - 160
\n" ); document.write( "8b = 64
\n" ); document.write( "b = 64/8
\n" ); document.write( "b = 8
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\n" ); document.write( "Check:
\n" ); document.write( ".5(16)(20+8) =
\n" ); document.write( "8 * 28 = 224 \n" ); document.write( "
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