Math, asked by shujafarooqui2008, 5 months ago

Why do you have to divide by 2 when you are finding the volume of a trapezoid or trapezium

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Answered by minakshiagamya

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This gives us that the area of a triangle is half the area of the quadrilateral with the same base and height. A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with two parallel sides. Both parallel sides are called bases. To find the area of a trapezoid we need to divide it into two triangles.

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