SOLUTION: An isosceles trapezoid has bases of lengths 6 and 8 and a height of 16. Find the area of the trapezoid. thanks!

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Question 1104730: An isosceles trapezoid has bases of lengths 6 and 8 and a height of 16. Find the area of the trapezoid.
thanks!

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area is (1/2)*h(b1+b2); h is 16, b1=6 and b2=8 so b1+b2=14
A=(1/2)*16(14)=112 square units.