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Name of the teacher trainee : Chinchu P S

Name of the Institution : New B. Ed College Nellimood
Option : Mathematics
Register Number :180/13376003
TOPIC:
Area of a trapezium
A Trapezium is a quadrilateral. The trapezium have a pair of
opposite sides which are parallel.
Draw a rough figure of a Trapezium
A
D C
B
To find the area of a trapezium, divide the trapezium into a
parallelogramand triangle.
How will you find the area of a trapezium?
D
A
C
B
E
a
a
From this we get a parallelogram and triangle.
ParallelogramAECD and EBC. Here AE=CD=a
For finding the area of trapezium ABCD first we find the area of
parallelogram and triangle. Then add these areas. Then we get the
area of the trapeziumABCD
For finding the area of parallelogram draw a perpendicular h
fromD to AE
A
C D
B
E
h
a
a
Area of the parallelogram AECD
Area of the parallelogram AECD =Base X Height
=AE X h
=a X h
=ah
Where AE=a and height =h
Area of the triangle EBC
Area of the EBC= X base X height
= X BE X h
= (a-b) X h
Where BE=AB-AE; AB=b then BE=b-a
Area of trapezium ABCD
Area of trapezium ABCD
= Area of parallelogram AECD + Area of
triangle EBC
Area of trapezium ABCD
Area of trapezium ABCD
=ah+ (b-a) h
Area of the parallelogram
ah+ (b-a) h=ah+ bh - ah
=ah-ah+bh
=ah+bh
=h(a+b)
Area of the trapezium
= h (a+b)