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In a trapezoid of area $20$ , the two bases measure $4$ and $6$ . What is the height of the trapezoid?

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Area of trapezoid is $\frac{1}{2} \times h (6 + 4) = 5 h = 20$ (where $h$ is height of trapezoid)
We get $h = \frac{20}{5} = 4$

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