LESSON 2

THEOREMS
ON
TRAPEZOIDS
 TRAPEZOIDS

Baseangles The bases of a trapezoid are

A B
the two parallel sides.
Leg Leg
The legs of a trapezoid are the
two non-parallel sides.
C D
Baseangles
 TRAPEZOIDS

An isosceles trapezoid is a trapezoid with congruent legs.

 THEOREM 6 (Midsegment Theorem)

- the median of a trapezoid is parallel to

each base and its length is one half the sum of
the lengths of the bases
𝒃𝟏

MEDIAN =

𝒃𝟐
 EXAMPLE
Find the length of the midsegment MN of trapezoid