Question

The parallel sides of a Trapezium are 25 cm and 13 cm its non parallel sides are equal is being 10 find the area of the trapezium

Answer 1

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Make the trapezium into 2 triangles and 1 rectangle.

Find the 2nd side of the triangle by Pythagoras theorem.

Find the area of the rectangle (length * breadth) = 104 cm

Find the area of the triangle ( 1/2 * base * height) = 24 cm

:: Add the area of them = 152 sq. cm