Parallelogram, Rhombus and Trapezium

Author:Sarvesh K Verma
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Important Questions on Parallelogram, Rhombus and Trapezium

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If the side of a rhombus is 10 cm and one diagonal is 16 cm, the area of the rhombus is

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The ratio of semiperimeter of a parallelogram to its longer side is same as the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side. If the shorter side measures 2 cm, find the maximum possible area of the parallelogram.

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In the adjoining figure, a parallelogram ABCD is shown. AB=24 cm and AO=BO=13 cm. Find BC.

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In the adjoining figure, the cross-section of a swimming pool is shown. If the length of the swimming pool is 120 m, then the amount of water it can hold is :

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ABCD is a trapezium, in which ADBC,E and F are the mid-points of AB and CD respectively, then EF is :

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ABCD is a quadrilateral AC=19 cm. The lengths of perpendiculars from B and D on AC are 5cm and 7 cm respectively. Then, the area of ABCD in cm2) is :

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The area of a hexagon whose one side is 4 m,is :

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The cross-section of a canal is in the shape of a trapezium and the area of cross section is 360 m2. If the canal is 12 m wide at the top and 8 m wide at the bottom the depth of the canal is :

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The area of a trapezium is  441 cm2 and the ratio of parallel sides is 5: 9. Also the perpendicular distance between them is 21 cm, the longer of parallel sides is :

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A B C D is a trapezium in which A B|| C D and AB=2CD. If its diagonals intersect each other at O, then ratio of areas of triangles AOB and COD is :

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The lengths of two parallel sides of a trapezium are 30 cm and 50 cm and its height is 16 cm. Its area is :

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The ratio of the lengths of the diagonal of a rhombus is 2: 5. Then, the ratio of the area of the rhombus to the square of the shorter diagonal.

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If the perimeter of a rhombus is 4 p and lengths of its diagonals are a and b, then its area is :

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In the adjoining figure, the ratio of the areas of the parallelogram ABCD and that of triangle  ABN is :

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The two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 25 cm and 40 cm respectively. The altitude drawn on the longer side is 18 cm, then the area of the parallelogram is :

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The distance of a 24 cm long side of a parallelogram from the opposite side is 22 cm. The area of the parallelogram is :

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A parallelogram has sides 30 cm and 20 cm and one of its diagonal is 40 cm long. Then its area is :

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Area of a rhombus is 256 cm2. One of the diagonal is half of the other diagonal. The sum of the diagonals is _____.