Why do the bases of a trapezoid need to be added?

Liam's parents are driving three times as fast as liam is biking, but they left later than he did. if his parents caught up with him two hours after he left, how much later than liam did they leave?

Which multiplicative property is being illustrated below? (type commutative, associative, or identity) 5 × 2 × 4 = 2 × 5 × 4

The width of a rectangle is 20 units. can the perimeter p of the rectangle be 64 units when its length x is 11 units? no, because p = 2x + 2(20) no, because p ≠ 2x + 2(20) yes, because p ≠ 2x + 2(20) yes, because p = 2x + 2(20)