SOLUTION: Find the length of the median of a trapezoid if the length of the shorter base is 16 cm and the length of the longer base is 24 cm.
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Question 78403: Find the length of the median of a trapezoid if the length of the shorter base is 16 cm and the length of the longer base is 24 cm. Answer by dolly(163) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A line segment connecting the midpoints of the legs of a trapezoid.
The median is parallel to the bases.
Its length equals the arithmetic mean of the lengths of the bases.
Thus median = (16+24)/2
= 40/2
= 20
So the length of the median = 20 cm
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