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A landscaper is designing a flower garden in the shape of a trapezoid. She wants the length of the shorter base to be 3 yards greater than the height, & the length of the longer base to be 5 yards greater than the height. For what height will the gardenhave an area of 360 square gardens?

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1. Area of a trapizoid [(b1+b2)/2]h=360 b1=h+3 b2=h+5 b1+b2=2h+8 .../2=h+4 ...Xh=hXh+4h make that equal to 360 and you will get about 17