A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides. Show that the quadrilateral formed by the vertices (0,0), (5, 2), (10, 10), and (0, 6) is a trapezoid.

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A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides. Show that the
quadrilateral formed by the vertices (0,0), (5, 2), (10, 10), and (0, 6) is a trapezoid.
Two sides have the slope ( Select]
/ ( Select]
so they are (Select]
. Therefore, the quadrilateral is a trapezoid.
Transcribed Image Text:A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides. Show that the quadrilateral formed by the vertices (0,0), (5, 2), (10, 10), and (0, 6) is a trapezoid. Two sides have the slope ( Select] / ( Select] so they are (Select] . Therefore, the quadrilateral is a trapezoid.
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