What is the area of the trapezoid shown

A = _ units²

The answer is -15 units 2

Step-by-step explanation:

First step:  Find the location of the four points two on the bottom two on the top.

So if you look closely you see that B=  -4   C=   2 and when you add those together you get -6

For the top one you see that D= 9  E=  -4   A=  -8  and when you add those together you get top the answer -18

last you add the two numbers together which is -18+ -6 which equals 24

And the reason it is a positive number is because when both numbers have the same symbol it becomes a positive. When the symbols are different the answer is negative

7. 153.86 ft

8. 12.56 ft

9. 78.5 m

10. 379.94 in

11. 132.665 m

12. 12.56 yd

13. 226.865 ft

14. 113.04 ft

15. 63.585 ft

16. 254.34 m

17. 50.24 cm

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