What is the area of the trapezoid shown
A = ______ units²

Answer:
The answer is -15 units 2
Step-by-step explanation:
First step: Find the location of the four points two on the bottom two on the top.
So if you look closely you see that B= -4 C= 2 and when you add those together you get -6
For the top one you see that D= 9 E= -4 A= -8 and when you add those together you get top the answer -18
last you add the two numbers together which is -18+ -6 which equals 24
And the reason it is a positive number is because when both numbers have the same symbol it becomes a positive. When the symbols are different the answer is negative