Area of Trapezium

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Area of Trapezium: Overview

The topic explains that a trapezium is a quadrilateral in which a pair of sides is parallel but the other pair of opposite sides are non-parallel. The area of a trapezium is equal to product 12 and the sum of parallel sides and distance between them.

Important Questions on Area of Trapezium

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Nazma’s sister has a trapezium shaped plot. Divide it into three parts as shown in figure. If h=10 cm, c=6 cm, b=12 cm, d=4 cm, find the values of each of its parts separately and add to find the area WXYZ. Verify it by putting the values of h, a and b in the expression of area of  WXYZ=ha+b2

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Nazma’s sister has a trapezium shaped plot. Divide it into three parts as shown in figure. Show that the area of trapezium WXYZ=ha+b2

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Find the area (in cm2) of given quadrilateral:

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Find the area (in cm2) of given quadrilateral:

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Find the area (in cm2) of given quadrilateral:

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Find the area of the following trapezium in cm2.

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Find the area of the following trapezium in cm2.

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Mohan wants to buy a trapezium shaped field. Its side along the river is parallel to and twice the side along the road. If the area of this field is 10500 m2, the perpendicular distance between the two parallel sides is 100 m and the length of the side along the river is k m, then find the value of k.
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Length of the fence of a trapezium shaped field ABCD is 120 m. If BC=48 m, CD=17 m and AD=40 m, if the area of this field is k cm2, then find k. Side AB is perpendicular to the parallel sides AD and BC.
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The area of a trapezium is 34 cm2 and the length of one of the parallel sides is 10 cm and its height is 4 cm. If the length of the other parallel side is x cm, then find the value of x.

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The shape of the top surface of a table is a trapezium. If its area is k m2 and parallel sides are 1 m and 1.2 m and perpendicular distance between them is 0.8 m, find k.
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