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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 2 centimeters and the bases are 2.4 centimeters and 1.6 centimeters. We can substitute them into the formula for the area of a trapezoid. Let's do it!
Substitute values
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Multiply
1/b* a = a/b
Calculate quotient
The area of the trapezoid is 4 square centimeters.