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ACT Aspire Math: Solving for a Trapezoid's Area Using Its Height 2 Views


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If the area of the trapezoid is 21, what is its height h? Use the formula A = for the area of a trapezoid.


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Okay Math people What time is it It's trap is

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oid time You know the most boring time of the

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day All right If the area the traps are twenty

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one what's the height H use formula a equals base

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one plus based teo over two times height for the

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area of trap is oid art That's fancy formula So

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let's think about this The area the trap is always

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given bhaiyya this little formal here where h is the

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perpendicular hide of the prop is oi that's this part

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That's the age Well the diagram shows that base one

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plus based to over two is five plus nine over

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two We're just plugging in charging the numbers they gave

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us on that's fourteen over to which is seven So

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a little bit of reverse engineering gives us that seven

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times eight is twenty one and then h is twenty

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one over seven or three So the height is three

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answers See Okay now we've got that down It'll be

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a cinch to help this guy figure out what sure 00:00:54.256 --> [endTime] best fits his body type

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