Answer
$57.5 \ cm^2 .$
Work Step by Step
The area of a trapezoid is given by
$$ area = \frac{1}{2} (sum~ of~ parallel~bases)\times height= \frac{1}{2}(15+8)\times5=57.5 \ cm^2 .$$
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