Homework Help: math

Posted by Millah on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 1:34am.

Rose’s garden is in the shape of a trapezoid. If the height of the trapezoid is 16 m, one base is 20 m, and the area is 224 m2, find the length of the other base.

How do I set up this problem so I can solve it?
Thank you!

math - Mike, Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 1:45am
so, what is the function for the area of a trapezoid?
- math - Millah, Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 2:34am
  I'm still confused, what do you mean?
math - bobpursley, Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 4:49am
area=1/2*(base+ top)*height
solve for top.

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