+595 The area of a trapezoid is $80$. The length of one base is $16$ units greater than the other base, and one base of the trapezoid is $12$. Find the length of the median of the trapezoid.
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Baseupper + Baselower
Median = ––––––––––––––––––––
2
12 + (12 + 16) 12 + 28
Median = –––––––––––––– = ––––––––
2 2
Median = 20
The length of the median of a trapezoid is
the average of the lengths of the two bases.
The area has nothing to do with this problem.
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