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Grade 9Analytical Geometry

If non parallel sides of a trapezium are 10and 25and it's non parallel sides is10 what will be the area of the given trapezium

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8 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Vikas TU
8 Years ago
Dear Student,
let trapezium ABCD. With parallel sides AB= 10 and CD=25
AD=BC = 10
Drop perpendiculars AM and BN on DC
From right triangle BNC , using Pythagoras theorem we get BN = 5√7 /2
Area of trapezium = (1/2) 5√7/2 ( 10+25)
    = 175√7 / 2
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Vikas (B. Tech. 4th year
Thapar University)