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The vertical end of a trough has the following dimensions: width at the top 4.4 ft., width at the bottom 3.2 ft., depth 3.5 ft. Find the area of the end of the trough.
Solution:
To illustrate the problem, it is better to draw the figure as follows
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From the description of the given word problem, the vertical end of a trough is a trapezoid. The area of a trapezoid is given by the formula
Substitute the values of h, b1 and b2 to the above equation, we have
