AREAS OF

PARALLELOGRAMS AND
TRIANGLES

Group : 2
Class : IX - D
 PARALLELOGRAM
• A quadrilateral is called a parallelogram, if
both pairs of its opposite sides are parallel.
In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a
quadrilateral
in which
AB ∥ DC and AD ∥ BC.
So, ABCD is a parallelogram.

•• PRORETIES OF PARALLELOGRAM.
Opposite sides are parallel and congruent.
• Opposite angles are congruent.
• Consecutive angles are supplementary.
• The diagonals bisect each other.
 TRIANGLE
A triangle is a polygon with three edges and
three vertices. It is one of the
basic shapes in geometry. A triangle with
vertices A, B, and C is denoted ABC.
•The part of the plane enclosed by a simple closed
figure is called a planar region corresponding to that
figure. The magnitude or measure of this planar region
is called its area. This magnitude or measure is
always expressed with the help of a number (in some
unit) such as 5 cm2 ,8m2 ,3 hectares , etc. so, we can
say that area of a figure is a number (in some unit)
associated with the part of the plane enclosed by the
figure with the following two properties:
•(1) If A and B are two congruent figures, then ar(A) =
ar(B)
•(2) If a planar region formed by a figure T is made up
of two non-overlapping planar regions formed by
figures P and Q, then ar(T)= ar(P) + ar(Q)
 COGRUENCY
In geometry, two figures or objects
are congruent if they have the
same shape and size, or if one has the same
shape and size as the mirror image of the
other.
•If two figures A and B are congruent, they
must have equal areas. However, the
converse of this statement is not true.
•Two figures having equal areas need not be
congruent.
 Figures on the Same
Base and Between the
Same Parallels
Parallelograms on the same base and
between the same parallels.
Two triangles on the same base (or equal bases) in
between the same parallels are equal in area.
 Two triangles having the same
base (or equal bases) and equal areas lie between the same
parallel