document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1086289>Question 1086289</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A trapezoid has a base of x and a height of 3 units. If there is also a square with sides measuring x, what formula would be used to calculate the total area of both figures (the ^ sign represents the exponent or power of the number): *\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + x 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1x 2 + 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #700863 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=700863\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This posting does not make sense.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1) No ^ characters are visible.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) A trapezoid (by the american definition of trapezoid) looks like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28300%2C200%2C-1.8%2C1.8%2C-0.1%2C2.1%2C%0D%0Aline%28-1.8%2C0%2C1.8%2C0%29%2Cline%28-1%2C2%2C1.2%2C2%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-1.8%2C0%2C-1%2C2%29%2Cline%281.8%2C0%2C1.2%2C2%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.1%2C0.2%2CB%29%2Clocate%28-0.1%2C2%2Cb%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%280.75%2C1.2%2Ch%29%2Carrow%280.7%2C1%2C0.7%2C2%29%2Carrow%280.7%2C1%2C0.7%2C0%29%0D%0A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "has two bases (B and b), a height (h), and an area <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=area=%28B%2Bb%29%2Ah%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"area=%28B%2Bb%29%2Ah%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, given one base of a trapezoid and its height, we would still be asking about the other base.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A trapezoid by the British definition would make us ask even more questions.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If instead of a trapezoid, you had a parallelogram or a rectangle, like these<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28300%2C200%2C-1.8%2C1.8%2C-0.1%2C2.1%2C%0D%0Aarrow%28-1.8%2C0%2C-0.3%2C0%29%2Carrow%28-1.2%2C2%2C0.3%2C2%29%2C%0D%0Aarrow%28-1.8%2C0%2C-1.5%2C1%29%2Carrow%281.2%2C0%2C1.5%2C1%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-1.8%2C0%2C1.2%2C0%29%2Cline%28-1.2%2C2%2C1.8%2C2%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-1.8%2C0%2C-1.2%2C2%29%2Cline%281.8%2C2%2C1.2%2C0%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.1%2C0.2%2CB%29%2Clocate%28-0.1%2C2%2CB%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%280.75%2C1.2%2Ch%29%2Clocate%28-1.3%2C1.0%2Carea=B%2Ah%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-1.3%2C1.2%2Cparallelogram%29%2C%0D%0Aarrow%280.7%2C1%2C0.7%2C2%29%2Carrow%280.7%2C1%2C0.7%2C0%29%0D%0A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28300%2C200%2C-1.8%2C1.8%2C-0.1%2C2.1%2C%0D%0Arectangle%281.5%2C0%2C1.4%2C0.1%29%2Crectangle%28-1.5%2C0%2C-1.4%2C0.1%29%2C%0D%0Arectangle%281.5%2C2%2C1.4%2C1.9%29%2Crectangle%28-1.5%2C2%2C-1.4%2C1.9%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-1.5%2C0%2C1.5%2C0%29%2Cline%28-1.5%2C2%2C1.5%2C2%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-1.5%2C0%2C-1.5%2C2%29%2Cline%281.5%2C0%2C1.5%2C2%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.1%2C0.2%2CB%29%2Clocate%28-0.1%2C2%2CB%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%280.75%2C1.2%2Ch%29%2Clocate%28-1.3%2C1.0%2Carea=B%2Ah%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-1.3%2C1.4%2Cparallelogram%29%2Clocate%28-1.3%2C1.2%2Cand%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.9%2C1.2%2Crectangle%29%2C%0D%0Aarrow%280.7%2C1%2C0.7%2C2%29%2Carrow%280.7%2C1%2C0.7%2C0%29%0D%0A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the total area of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "such a parallelogram with a base of x and a height of 3 units,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plus a square with sides measuring x would be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B3x=x%28x%2B3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B3x=x%28x%2B3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be the area of the square,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be the area of the parallelogram.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "However, that does not look like any of your choices for the answer,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so I do not think that would be what the problem was either. </SPAN>\n" );
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