Finding the Area of a Trapezoid in the Coordinate Plane

Last updated: 5/31/2023

Finding the Area of a Trapezoid in the Coordinate Plane Using the Box Method What is the area of the trapezoid Area of rectangle B L 12 10 Area of triangle 1 6 12 Area of triangle 2 100 Area of triangle 3 2 4 8 Area of trapezoid 120 36 8 16 20 1 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 17 2 6 x 4 N Draw the box around the trapezoid and label triangles 1 2 and 3 2 41 6 units Finding an Unknown Side Length The area of a trapezoid is 86 86 square inches The height is 17 2 inches and one base is 6 inches What is the length of the other base 1 h d b A 17 2 6 x 173 72 X 8 10 12 14 16 18 20