"what is the area of trapezoid abcd? enter your answer as a decimal or whole number in the box. do not round at any steps."

To find the length of each side of the trapezoid, you need to use the distance formula.
AB = (-3,2) and (1,5)
BC = (1,5) and (7,-3)
CD = (7, -3) and (0, -2)
AD or DA = (0,-2) and (-3,2)
Now, just use the distance formula for each line. Doing so gives us:
AB = 5
BC = 10
CD = 7.071107...
DA or AD = 5
The height is AB, the first base is BC and the second base is CD. We can plug the values for these sides into the trapezoid area formula, which is A = base 1 + base 2 all over 2 times the height. Doing so gives us 37.5 units². Therefore, the answer to your query is 37.5 units². Hope this helps and have a nice day!