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Area of Trapezoids
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Area of a Trapezoid Cut the trapezoid in half
horizontally Rotate the top half so it lies next
to the bottom half A parallelogram is
created See the diagrams below
Base1
Base2
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The Area (A) of a trapezoid is found by using the
formula Note The base height always
form a right angle!
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Example. Find the area of the figure.
12 cm
10 cm
11 cm
9 cm
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Try These. Find the area of the figures.
15
13 ft
9
11
7
11 ft
9 ft
11 ft
20
11 ft
6
75
Find the area of the trapezoid.
4 m
6.5 m
10 m
7
76
Find the area of the trapezoid.
22 cm
8 cm
14 cm