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The area of a trapezoid is 189 cm . The height is 14 cm and the length of one of the parallel sides is 8 cm. Find the length of the second parallel side.​

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Answer:

19cm

Step-by-step explanation:

The area  of a trapezoid [tex]=\dfrac12(a+b)h[/tex] (where a and b are the parallel sides).

Given:

Area = 189 Square cm

Height, h=14cm

a=8cm

We want to find the value of the other parallel side, b.

Substitution of the given values gives:

[tex]189=\dfrac12(8+b)14\\189=7(8+b)\\$Divide both sides by 7\\8+b=27\\Subtract 8 from both sides\\b+8-8=27-8\\b=19cm[/tex]

The length of the second parallel side is 19cm.

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