Calculate Trapezoid Area: Finding Space Between 7 and 15 Unit Parallel Sides

Question

What is the area of the trapezoid in the figure?

00:00 Calculate the area of the trapezoid

00:03 Let's use the formula for calculating trapezoid area

00:08 (Sum of bases(AB+DC) multiplied by height(H)) divided by 2

00:14 Let's substitute appropriate values according to the given data and solve for the area

00:21 In this case, the height is BE

00:25 Let's reduce by 2

00:30 And this is the solution to the problem

We use the following formula to calculate the area of a trapezoid: (base+base) multiplied by the height divided by 2:

$\frac{(AB+DC)\times BE}{2}$

$\frac{(7+15)\times2}{2}=\frac{22\times2}{2}=\frac{44}{2}=22$

$22$ cm².