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Area Of Trapeziod

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November 23, 2011
geometrytrapezoidPythagorean Theorem

Problem Statement

Quadrilateral ABCDABCD is a trapezoid, AD=15AD = 15, AB=50AB = 50, BC=20BC = 20, and the altitude is 1212. What is the area of the trapezoid?
[asy] pair A,B,C,D; A=(3,20); B=(35,20); C=(47,0); D=(0,0); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); dot((0,0)); dot((3,20)); dot((35,20)); dot((47,0)); label("A",A,N); label("B",B,N); label("C",C,S); label("D",D,S); draw((19,20)--(19,0)); dot((19,20)); dot((19,0)); draw((19,3)--(22,3)--(22,0)); label("12",(21,10),E); label("50",(19,22),N); label("15",(1,10),W); label("20",(41,12),E);[/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>600<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>650<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>700<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>750<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>800 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>600\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>650\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>700\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>750\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>800