document.write( "Question 1131254: The longer diagonal of a right trapezoid is 13 cm. The longer base is 12 cm. Find the area of the trapezoid if the shorter base is 8 cm. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The solution is in 2 steps.\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  Step 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Then the height of the trapezoid is  h = \"sqrt%2813%5E2-12%5E2%29\" = 5 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Step 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    The area of the trapezoid is  Area = \"%28%28a+%2B+b%29%2F2%29%2Ah\" = \"%28%288%2B12%29%2F2%29%2A5\" = 50 square centimeters.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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