
and are parallelogram such that the points are collinear and is any point on the side BP. Show that area of area of parallelogram .

Important Questions on Area
is a median of a triangle and is any point on . Show that

is a triangle and is drawn parallel to , cutting the other sides at and . Join and . Prove that .

is a triangle and is drawn parallel to , cutting the other sides at and . Join and . Prove that .

Show that the diagonals of a parallelogram divide it into four triangles of equal area.

Show that the area of a rhombus is half the product of the lengths of its diagonals.

Prove that the area of a trapezium is half the product of the sum of the lengths of the parallel sides and distance between them.

The diagonals and of a quadrilateral intersect at . If , prove that .

are the midpoints of the sides respectively of a triangle . Prove that is a parallelogram whose area is half that of and .
