Real-Life Application: Area of a Trapezium Bench Top

Real-Life Application: Area of a Trapezium Bench Top

Secondary 1

The benches in a Science Laboratory each has a top in the shape of a trapezium.

Given that the area of the bench top is \(0.75\) m\({^2}\), calculate

  1. the height, \(h\) metres, of the top of the bench,
  2. the cost of covering the top of one bench with a protective coating which costs \(\$15\) per square metre.

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Answer:(a) \(0.5\text{ m}\) (b) \(\$11.25\)

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