document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1210163>Question 1210163</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for the area of the composite figure.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If an isosceles trapezoid CDFG was added below, where the height was the same as the triangle above and the bases had a length of 12 and 24, then what is the area of the new composite figure?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The figure APPEARS to be a kite plus a triangle.  But there is nothing in either your written question or on the referenced figure that tells us so.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We don't even know whether the two segments that APPEAR to be perpendicular to each other in fact are perpendicular.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Without a description of the figure in your text or on the figure, we would only be guessing at the answer.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Re-post, defining the problem clearly.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tutor Edwin has solved the problem assuming that the part of the figure that looks like a kite is in fact a kite.  Before the trapezoid was added, the area of the composite figure was 132.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "When the trapezoid is added, Edwin uses a clever way of finding the area of the trapezoid by dividing it into 3 congruent triangles.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of the trapezoid is found more easily using the standard formula for the area of a trapezoid: height times average of the bases.  In this problem that is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And then the total area of the new composite figure is 132+144 = 276.<br><BR>\n" );
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