Question

a flowered in a city park is in the shape of a trapezoid the two parallel sides have a length of 11 yards and 13 yards to distance between the parallel sides is 9.5 yards what is the area of the flower bed

Answer 1

We can draw the trapezoid as:

The area of the trapezoid can be calculated as the product of the average of the sides 11 and 13 yd, and the height (9.5 yd).

We can write this as:

$A=(\frac{a+b}{2})\cdot h=(\frac{11+13}{2})\cdot9.5=12\cdot9.5=114$

Answer: the area is 114 square yards.