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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 3, Problem 1. What is the area of the trapezoid shape in the video?
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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 3, Problem 1. What is the area of the trapezoid shape in the video?
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- 00:02
And here's your shmoop du jour...
- 00:04
What is the area of the trapezoid shape below?
- 00:08
Here are the potential answers...
- 00:12
Okay, it's yet another formula trivia contest.
- 00:15
To help you remember, here's a trap and here's a zoid.
Full Transcript
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And the formula for the area of a trapezoid is
- 00:22
1/2 times the height times the quantity of base1
- 00:26
plus base 2 . Uhh these bases. Base 1 is 6
- 00:30
base 2 is 10 the the height is 5. Plugging in the numbers we get 1/2 times 5 times the
- 00:36
quantity 6 plus 10
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that's 5 over 2 times 16 or 5 times 8 or
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40. Answer B. As in "Bases loaded."
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