A flag has a red trapezoidal section. If the parallel sides are 24 cm and 15 cm, and the height is 8 cm, what is the area of the red section?

Here are the solutions for the flag problem:

a) Calculate the area of the red part on the flag.
The red part is a trapezoid.

Step 1: Identify the dimensions of the trapezoid.
The parallel sides are $a = 24 \text{ cm}$ and $b = 15 \text{ cm}$.
The height is $h = 8 \text{ cm}$.

Step 2: Use the formula for the area of a trapezoid.

$$\text{Area} = \frac{1}{2}(a+b)h$$

Step 3: Substitute the values and calculate.

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