Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Preparing to Do Analytic Proofs - Exercises - Page 474: 22a

Answer

$A: 0,0 \\ B: c,d \\ C: b,d \\ D: a,0 $

Work Step by Step

An ideally placed trapezoid, which we will call trapezoid ABC, should have point A placed at the origin and side AD be on the x-axis. Calling the length of AD "a," the x-value of C b, and point B (c,d), we obtain: $A: 0,0 \\ B: c,d \\ C: b,d \\ D: a,0 $
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