Question

The area of trapezium is 180 cm square and its height is 9 cm. If one of the parallel sides is longer than the other by 6cm, find the two parallel sides

Answer 1

Let the one parallel side be=x
Let the other parallel side be=x+6



Area of trapezium = 1/2(x+x+6)×9

18o cm² =1/2(x+x+6)×9
180×2/2×9 =x
20 cm =x




One parallel side is 20


Other parallel side is 26