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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 3, Problem 1. What is the area of the trapezoid shape in the video?

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And here's your shmoop du jour...

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What is the area of the trapezoid shape below?

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Here are the potential answers...

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Okay, it's yet another formula trivia contest.

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To help you remember, here's a trap and here's a zoid.

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And the formula for the area of a trapezoid is

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1/2 times the height times the quantity of base1

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plus base 2 . Uhh these bases. Base 1 is 6

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base 2 is 10 the the height is 5. Plugging in the numbers we get 1/2 times 5 times the

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quantity 6 plus 10

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that's 5 over 2 times 16 or 5 times 8 or

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40. Answer B. As in "Bases loaded."

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