Area of a Trapezoid
Move the vertices of this trapezoid wherever you'd like. Then slide the slider slowly.
What bigger figure was formed by placing two congruent trapezoids next to each other?
What do we do to both bases to find the BIG BASE of this bigger figure?
How do we find the area of this bigger figure?
What do we do to the area of the bigger figure to find the area of the original trapezoid? Why is this?
Without Googling, write the formula for the area of a trapezoid in terms of base_1, base_2, and its height.