document.write( "Question 991269: in a trapezoid the smaller base is three more than the height the larger base is five less than three times the height in the area of the trapezoid is 45 cm² find in centimeters the height of the trapezoid \n" ); document.write( "
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h, height
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The third equation is the expressions used in the formula for area of a trapezoid. Solve for h, the only variable in that equation.
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