SOLUTION: I'm stuck on how to find the length of the base for a trapezoid. I have he formula ms=1/2(b1+b2) I plugged in 19 for ms, and 13 for b1 because thats whats given and i just can figu

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Question 434972: I'm stuck on how to find the length of the base for a trapezoid. I have he formula ms=1/2(b1+b2) I plugged in 19 for ms, and 13 for b1 because thats whats given and i just can figure it out.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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I'm stuck on how to find the length of the base for a trapezoid.
I have the formula ms=(1/2)h(b1+b2)
I plugged in 19 for ms, and 13 for b1 because thats whats given and i just
cannot figure it out.
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Solve 19 = (1/2)h(13+b2)
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38/h = 13+b2
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b2 = (38/h)-13
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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