Answer: 54 square inches and 18 square inches
Explanation:
The formula for the area of a trapezoid is the sum of the top and bottom bases divided by 2, multiplied by the height.
In the first picture the bases are 6 and 12, and the height is 6, so the formula would look like this:
[tex]\frac{6+12}{2} *6[/tex]
=[tex]\frac{18}{2} *6[/tex]
=[tex]9*6[/tex]
=54
54 [tex]in.^{2}[/tex] is the answer to the first problem.
Following the same method, we can do the next problem the same way:
[tex]\frac{4+8}{2} *3[/tex]
=[tex]\frac{12}{2} *3[/tex]
=[tex]6*3[/tex]
=18
18 [tex]in.^{2}[/tex] is the answer to the second problem.
