TRAPEZOIDS AND

THEIR
PROPERTIES
 TRAPEZOID
- A quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides

TRAPEZOID
PARTS OF A TRAPEZOID
The parallel sides of a trapezoid are called BASES
while the non-parallel sides are called legs.
Base 1
Leg 1

Leg
2
Base 2
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 PROPERTIES OF TRAPEZOID
The angles that share the same leg are supplementary.
1 4

180° 180°

2 3
 EXAMPLE
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Given the trapezoid below, find the measure of and .

109° 2
2

1 77°
 ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID
- A quadrilateral with non-parallel sides (legs)
congruent.

ISOSCELES
TRAPEZOID
 PROPERTIES OF ISOSCLES
TRAPEZOID
1. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
 EXAMPLE
Given the isosceles trapezoid below, find the value of x and
base angles.
( 𝟒 𝒙 −𝟓 ) °

(  𝒙+𝟐𝟎 ) °
 PROPERTIES OF ISOSCLES
TRAPEZOID
2. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are
congruent.
 EXAMPLE
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Given is an isosceles trapezoid, find the length of AY if HR
= 9 and PR = 4.
H Y

A P
 PROPERTIES OF ISOSCLES TRAPEZOID

3. The MEDIAN of a trapezoid is parallel to the bases and

its length is half of the sum of the bases.
 EXAMPLE
Given the trapezoid below, find the value of x and length of
the median.
13

2x - 3

9
 EXAMPLE
Given the trapezoid below, find the value of x and length of
the bases.
2x + 7

32

8x - 23
 SUMMARY
TRAPEZOID
1. A quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.
2. The angles that share the same leg are supplementary.
3. The median of a trapezoid is parallel to the bases and
its length is half of the sum of the bases.
 SUMMARY
ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID
1. A quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.
2. The angles that share the same leg are supplementary.
3. The median of a trapezoid is parallel to the bases and its length is
half of the sum of the bases.
4. A quadrilateral with non-parallel sides congruent.
5. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
6. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
 PRACTICE EXERCISE
HARS is an isosceles trapezoid with median ET.
1. If HE=4x+5 and EA=7x-10,
what is ST? TR? H S

2. If ST=8-2x and TR=2x+2, what

is HE? EA? E T
3. If HA = 4(x-2) and ST = 6, what
is x?
A R
4. If SR=3(y-4) + 10 and EA = 8,
what is y?
 PRACTICE EXERCISE
HARS is an isosceles trapezoid with median ET.

 5. If = 2(x+10) and H S

= 5x-16, what is ?

 6. If = 2x+10 and E T

= 3x - 10, what is ?

 7. If = 3x+15 and A R

= x+45, what is ?
 PRACTICE EXERCISE
HARS is an isosceles trapezoid with median ET.

 8. If = 2x+5 and H S

= 3x-15, what is ?

 9. If = 3(x+5) and E T

=2x-10, what is x?

 10. If = 3(x+20) and A R

A = 3x+10, what is x?