document.write( "Question 1100652: greg is making a table with a trapezoidal surface with the longer side being 6 feet long and the height of the trapezoid being 4 feet. if the total area is to be 20 square feet, find the shorter length side. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The area of a trapezoid is half of the sum of its bases lengths multiplied by the height measure:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Area = ,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( " = 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"b\":  6 + b =  = 20/2 = 10  ====>  b = 10-a = 10 - 6 = 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The other base is 4 ft long.\r\n" );
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