Question

Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 28.7 cm and 22.3 cm and distance between parallel sides is 16 cm.

Answer 1

Given:

The parallel sides of a trapezium are 28.7 cm and 22.3 cm.

The distance between parallel sides is 16 cm.

To find:

The area of a trapezium.

Solution:

The area of the trapezium is:

`A=(a+b)/(2)h`

Where,
`a,b` are parallel sides and
`h` is the vertical distance between the parallel sides.

Putting
`a=28.7, b=22.3,h=16` in the above formula, we get

`A=(28.7+22.3)/(2)*(16)`

`A=(51)/(2)* 16`

`A=51* 8`

`A=408`

Therefore, the area of the trapezium is 408 square cm.