Question

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Rearrange the parts of the parallelogram to form a rectangle. Find the area of ​​the parallelogram and the area of ​​the rectangle. How are the areas related?

Make a copy of the trapezoid to form a parallelogram. Find the area of ​​the trapezoid and the area of ​​the parallelogram. How are the two areas related?

Answer 1

When we do this, the base of the parallelogram has length b 1 + b 2, and the height is the same as the trapezoids, so the area of the parallelogram is (b 1 + b 2)*h. Since the two trapezoids of the same size created this parallelogram, the area of one of those trapezoids is one half the area of the parallelogram