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Area, SM-Bank 017

Sequoia owns a farm with a rectangular paddock.

She increases the area of the paddock by adding land that changes it into the shape of a trapezium.
 

 What is the area of Sequoia's new paddock, in square metres?  (2 marks)

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\(2599\ \text{m}^2\)

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\(\text{Area trapezium}\) \(=\dfrac{h}{2}(a+b)\)
  \(=\dfrac{46}{2}(71+42)\)
  \(=2599\ \text{m}^2\)

Filed Under: Quadrilaterals Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4943-40-Trapeziums

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