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Question from Rebecca: I need to find the shape of an irregular hexagon, but only have the lengths four of the sides. It actually looks like a rectangle with a trapezoid on top of it. The bottom of the rectangle is 150'. The sides are 75'. The length of the top is 130'. I do not have the lengths Is there any way to find the area of this shape? |
Hi Rebecca,
I drew a diagram of what you described.
Unfortunately what you describe could also look like this.
I would need the length h in the second diagram to find the area.
Penny
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