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The vertical left edge of a trapezoid is 8 inches and meets the bottom edge of the trapezoid at a right angle. The bottom edge is 4 inches and meets the vertical right edge at a right angle. The right edge is 11 inches. The top slanted edge measures 5 in

Calculate the area of the trapezoid, which is not drawn to scale...

the two parallel bases are 8 and 11, and the height is 4.

So the area is (8+11)/2 * 4 = 38

Oh, could you explain it a bit more. For some reason I got 47. I did 8*4=32 + 3*5=15 which equals 47 :(.