SOLUTION: How do you find the area of an isosceles trapezoid with legs = 10, shorter base = 10 and base angles = 60 degrees?
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Question 253197: How do you find the area of an isosceles trapezoid with legs = 10, shorter base = 10 and base angles = 60 degrees? Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! First, draw an isosceles trapezoid with the question information included.
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Second, draw an altitude from the top vertex on the left to the bottom, long base, and then do the same on the right top vertex. We have created 2 right (30-60-90) triangles. The height becomes 5sqrt(3) and the long base will become 20; remember that the side opposite the 30 degree angle is 1/2 the hypotenuse of 10 = 5.
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Third find the area as
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