Area of Trapezoids

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 Area of a Trapezoid

·Cut the trapezoid in half horizontally

·Rotate the top half so it lies next to the bottom half
·A parallelogram is created
Base 1 Height
See the diagrams below

Base 2

Base
2 Base
1
The Area (A) of a trapezoid is found by using the
formula:

Note: The base & height always form a right angle!

Example.

Find the area of the figure.

12 cm

10 cm 11 cm
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9 cm
Try These.

Find the area of the figures.

13 ft 15

11 ft 9 ft 11 ft 9 7 11

11 ft 20

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75 Find the area of the trapezoid.

4m

6.5 m

10 m
76 Find the area of the trapezoid.

22 cm

8 cm

14 cm