A trapezoid has a base of 5cm, a height of 4cm. What is the area?

area = 16 cm²

Step-by-step explanation:

area of rectangle = 3x4 = 12

area of triangle = 2x4x0.5 = 4

12 + 4 = 16 cm²

another way is :

1/2(b1+b2)(h) = area

1/2(3+5)(4) = 16 cm²

for the friend request.

when a figure, such as triangle (xyz) is reflected over the line y = x to create x'y'z' the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the original image (pre-image) will be reversed for the image. (e.g., (x, y) > (y, x)) this means that the pre-image position of the x- and y-coordinates switch places which in turn provides a mirror like image of the original xyz.  

i notice that when i draw a line segment from x to x', that the points are parallel from each other -- they are exactly across from each other and do not intersect with any other points.  

yes, think i would see the same characteristic if you drew the line segment connecting y with the reflecting line and then y' with the reflecting line because of the essence of reflections. because it is a mirror image, each point was effected the same way which leads me to conclude that they same would apply to y and y'.