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Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are respectively 14cm and 4cm and distance between the parallel sides is 5cm.

User Procurares
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Answer:

Area of the trapezium = 30
cm^(2)

Explanation:

a = 14

b = 4

h= 5

Area of trapezium =
(1)/(2) } ( a + b) h =
(1)/(2) (14+4) 5

=
(1)/(2) x 18 x 5 = 6 x 5 [I solved
(1)/(2) and 18]

= 30!

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