SOLUTION: How much artificial turf should be purchased to cover an athletic field that is in the shape of a trapezoid with a height of H = 11 m and bases that measure T = 50 m and B = 40 m?

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Question 1123564: How much artificial turf should be purchased to cover an athletic field that is in the shape of a trapezoid with a height of H = 11 m and bases that measure T = 50 m and B = 40 m?

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Answer by ikleyn(52780) About Me  (Show Source):
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The area of a trapezoid is


    S = %28%28T+%2B+B%29%2F2%29%2AH,


or half the sum of its bases times height.



In your case it is  S = %28%2850%2B40%29%2F2%29%2A11 square meters.


Use your calculator.