Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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Exercise 19 Page 335

To find the area calculate, one half the product of the height and the sum of the bases.

49mi^2

Practice makes perfect
Let's find the area of the given trapezoid. The area of a trapezoid is one half the product of the height and the sum of the bases.
In the given trapezoid we can see, that the height is 7 miles and the bases are 6 miles and 8 miles. We can substitute them into the formula for the area of a trapezoid. Let's do it!
A=1/2h(b_1+b_2)
A=1/2( 7)( 8+ 6)
Evaluate right-hand side
A=1/2(7)(14)
A=1/2*98
A=98/2
A=49
The area of the trapezoid is 49 square miles.