The area of a trapezoid is 60 square feet. If the bases of the trapezoid are 8 feet and 12 feet, what is the height?
1 Answer
Jan 4, 2017
The height is 6 feet.
Explanation:
The formula for the area of a trapezoid is
where
In the problem, the following information is given:
Substituting these values into the formula gives...
Multiply both sides by
Divide both sides by