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Why is the trapezoid doubled and flipped to create a parallelogram

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User Abdullah Ch
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The height of the parallelogram is the same as the height of the trapezoid

Why?

Doubling the trapezoid and then halving the resulting area

As was true with the triangle, but its base is the sum of the two bases of the trapezoid.

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