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Question 278334: Whats a trapezoid
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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it has 2 sides that are parallel and 2 sides that are not.

here's a good definition from the web:

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mmts/geometrySection/commonShapes/trapezoid/trapezoid.html

the formula for the area of a trapezoid is equal to (1/2) * (b1 + b2) * h

b1 and b2 are the parallel sides of the trapezoid.

a reference for that can be found here:

http://www.mathwords.com/a/area_trapezoid.htm