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)

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