The area of a trapezoid is one half the product of its height and the sum of its bases.
71.5m^2
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The area of a trapezoid is one half the product of its height and the sum of its bases. In the given diagram, we can see that the lengths of the bases are 8 and 5 meters.
Having the height and the lengths of the bases, we can substitute them into the formula for the area of a trapezoid.
