One lateral face of the roof of the school building is trapezoid in shape. One of the bases of this trapezoid is 6 m longer than the other base. Find the length of the two bases if the median measures 19 m. With illustration please
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Let's call the shorter base "b" and the longer base "b+6". We also know that the median (the line that connects the midpoints of the two non-parallel sides) measures 19 m.  Show more…
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