Mrs. Harper asked the class to find the area of an isosceles trapezoid.
Suzy decomposed the trapezoid and rearranged the parts to form
a rectangle of equal area as shown.
Which pair of expressions represents the area
of the trapezoid and rectangle?
12(5 X 4) and (8 – 3)(4)
12(2 + 8)(4) and (2 + 3)(4)
8 X 5 and 2(5)(4)
2(8 + 4) and (8 – 2)(4)
