The area of the trapezoid is 24 and the bases are 3 and 5. find the height. 3 3.2 6

1. To solve this problem you must apply the formula for calcúlate the area of a trapezoid, which is shown below:

A = (B+b) h/2

A is the area of the trapezoid (A=24).

B is the larger base of the trapezoid (B=5).

b is the smaller base of the trapezoid (b=5).

h is the height of the trapezoid.

2. You must clear "h" from the formula:

A = (B+b) h/2

2A = (B+b) h

h=2A / (B+b)

3. When you susbtitute the values into h=2A / (B+b), you obtain:

h=2A / (B+b)

h=2 (24) / (5+3)

h=48/8

h=6