the area of a trapezium is 384 CM square its parallel side are in the ratio 3:5 in the particular distance between then is 12 cm find the length of each of the parallel side
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Given > height of trapezium = 12cm
Let the common multiple be x ; then
the sides will be
a = 3x
b = 5x
Area of trapezium = (1/2)×(sum of parallel sides)×h
384 = (1/2)×(3x+5x)×12
8x = 64
x = 8
The length of the smaller side
= 3x
= 3×8
= 24 cm
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