Item 3 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. units² Trapezoid A B C D on a coordinate plane with vertex A at negative 1 comma 5, vertex B at 3 comma 2, vertex C at 0 comma negative 2, and vertex D at negative 13 comma negative 11. Angle A is shown to be a right angle.

answer: you will have more water.

part a: triangles gcb and epb

part b. sides cg and rp are parallel by definition of parallelogram.

angles cgb and e are congruent by being alternate interior angles of parallel lines cut by a transversal. angles gbc and ebp are congruent because they are vertical angles. by aa similarity, the triangles are similar.

part c. since the triangles are similar, the ratios of the lengths of corresponding sides are equal.

calculation of be:

gb/be = cb/bp

(400 ft)/be = 300/200

(400 ft)/be = 3/2

3be = 2 * 400 ft

3be = 800 ft

be = 800/3 ft

calculation of pe:

gc/pe = cb/bp

(350 ft)/pe = 300/200

(350 ft)/pe = 3/2

3pe = 2 * 350 ft

3pe = 700 ft

pe = 700/3 ft