Question

If the area of a trapezium is 64 cm2 and the distance between parallel sides is 8 cm, then sum of its parallel sides is

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the parallel sides be 3x and 5x

Area of trapezium =½×h( base 1 + base 2 )

64 = 1/2 ×2 ×(3x+5x)

64=8x

x=8

The parallel sides are 3×8 and 5×8

Therefore, the parallel sides are 24 cm and 40 cm.