Question

A designer wants to estimate the area of a trapezoid-shaped stage. Each square represents one square foot. The designer decides to find the area by composing a rectangle. What is the length of the base of the rectangle in feet? (1 Point)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the length of the base of the rectangle, we need to add the lengths of the two parallel sides of the trapezoid.

Let's assume the trapezoid-shaped stage is in the form of a trapezoid ABCD where AB and CD are the parallel sides, and AD and BC are the non-parallel sides.

If we consider the rectangle that can be composed, it would have the same width as the trapezoid and a length equal to the sum of the lengths of the parallel sides of the trapezoid.

Therefore, the length of the base of the rectangle would be AB + CD.