How Do You Find the Area of a Trapezoid?

How Do You Find the Area of a Trapezoid?

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Want to find the area of a trapezoid? If you have the length of each base and the height, you can use them to find the area. In this tutorial, you'll see how to identify those values and plug them into the formula for the area of a trapezoid. Then see how to simplify to get your answer!

Keywords:

  • area
  • trapezoid
  • height
  • base one
  • base two
  • formula
  • plug in
  • trapezoid area

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