Question

Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 40 cm and 24 cm, respectively, and the two non parallel sides are 17 cm each.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Area of trapezium =

2

1

(Sum of parallel sides × Distance between them)

∴ Area =

2

1

(10+6)×4.5cm

2

=

2

1

×16×4.5cm

2

= 36 cm

2

Hence, the area of the given trapezium is 36 cm

2