Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Erin on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 7:28pm.

the area of a trapezoid is 108 square inches and one of its bases has a length of 8 inches. If the height of the trapezoid is 1.5 feet,f ind the length of the other base in inches.

geometry - bobpursley, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 7:41pm
area= 1/2 (b1+b2)h
108=1/2 (8+b2)18

solve for b2 in inches.

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