Area of a Trapezoid
- Author:
- Lndsay Flanagan, Edward Knote
In this worksheet you will investigate the area of a trapezoid
1) Move the slider and describe the final picture and how it relates to the trapezoid.
2) Does the relationship from question 1 apply to all trapezoids? (Move point B and the slider to help you)
3) Using the labels on the trapezoid to make a formula for the area of a trapezoid. (Relate it to a parallelogram)