The cross section of a water bin is shaped like a trapezoid. The bases of the trapezoid are 28 feet and 6 feet long. It has an area of 34 square feet. What is the height of the cross section?

The height of the cross section if 2 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem recall the formula for the area of a trapezoid of bases B (larger base) and b (smaller base) and height H:

Therefore, for our case we have:

So, now we can solve for the height H:

answer: 4  

the square root of 16 is 4. it is a very simple mathematic concept. a square root when a number multiplied by itself will result in a number. here, the number 16 comes when 4 is multiplied by 4. hence the square root of 16 is 4. you can always figure out a square root by the inverse operation of squaring.