document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=87344>Question 87344</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( "A=(b1+b2)*h/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=(20+x)*16/2 (x represents second base number which we are trying to find out)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=20x*16/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=3584x/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=1792<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224/224=1792/224<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the second base # is 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CONFIRM ANSWER:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=(b1+b2)*h/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=(20+8)*16/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=28*16/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "224=448/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the area is 224<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so that confirms that the second base number is 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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