Question

The area of a trapezium shaped field is 600m2 . If the height of the trapezium is 24m and one its parallel sides is of length 20m, find the length of the other parallel side.​

Answer 1

$\frak{Given}\begin{cases} \sf{ The\:Area\:of\:Trapezium \:is\:600m^{2}}\\\sf{The \:Distance \:between \:\parallel \:or\:Height \:is\:24m\:}\\\sf{One\:Parallel \:Side\:of\:Trapezium \:is\:20m}\end{cases}$

Need to find: The other parallel side.

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❍ Let the one of the parallel side of the trapezium be b m respectively.

$\underline{\frak{Diagram:}}$

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⠀⠀⠀$\dag\;{\underline{\frak{As\;we\;know\;that,}}}$

$\star\;{\boxed{\sf{\pink{Area_{\;(trapezium)} = \dfrac{1}{2} \times (a + b) \times h}}}}$

Where,

• a and b are the two parallel sides of Trapezium in m and h is distance between two parallel sides or height of trapezium in m .⠀⠀⠀⠀

$\dag\;{\underline{\frak{Now,\: Substituting\:values\:in\;formula,}}}$

$:\implies\sf 600 = \dfrac{1}{2}(20 + b) \times 24 \\\\\\:\implies\sf 600 \times 2 = (20 + b)\times 24 \\\\\\:\implies\sf 1200 = (20 + b) \times 24\\\\\\:\implies\sf 1200 = 480 + 24b\\\\\\:\implies\sf 1200 - 480 = 24b\\\\\\:\implies\sf 720 = 24b \\\\\\:\implies\sf b = \cancel\dfrac{720}{24}\\\\\\:\implies{\underline{\boxed{\frak{\pink{b = 30\;m}}}}}\;\bigstar$

$\therefore{\underline{\sf{Hence, \;the\;other\; parallel\;side\;is\;\bf{ 30\;m}.}}}.$

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