Question

400 ft 175 ft 550 ft What is the area of this trapezoid? square feet

Answer 1

Let's begin by listing out the information given to us:

$b_1=400ft,h=175ft,b_2=550ft$

The area of this trapezoid

$\begin{gathered} A=\frac{1}{2}(b_1+b_2)h \\ A=\frac{1}{2}(400+550)\cdot175=\frac{1}{2}(950)\cdot175 \\ A=83125ft^2 \end{gathered}$