Visualizing the Area of a Trapezoid Formula - Deriving the Algebraic Formula

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Don't just just the formula; learn how the formula came to be! What better way to do that than by watching an animation that helps you visualize where the algebraic formula for finding the area of a trapezoid comes from?

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