Cute Geometry

Hi, today is boring-Monday. Booo-rri-ngg!

And we have to talk about boring stuff like geometry. BUT geometry can be fun and cute. I have a set of cute geometric shapes inhibited by cute bunnies. Our cute bunnies make studying Geometry actually fun.

And they will come every Monday for the next seven weeks.

The first geometric shape is a trapezoid. The name came from Greek: trapeze, -oid -“like”.

Definition: A trapezoid is a quadrilateral (meaning shape of 4 sides) which has 1 pair of parallel sides.

The parallel sides of the trapezoid are called the bases. Every trapezoid has 2 bases. Mathematicians name the perpendicular distance between the 2 bases the height.

Look at the cute picture below. What is the area (S) of that trapezoid?

One can compute the area of this trapezoid by using the following formula:

Where:

S — is the area of the trapezoid;
a — is the length of the upper base;
b — is the length of the lower base;
h — is the height of the trapezoid. Or the distance between bases a and b.

Use this formula in your geometry class and get A+.

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