Question

Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are $24cm$ and $20cm$ and the distance between them is $15cm.$

Answer 1

Given : In trapezium, Length of parallel sides are $24cm,20cm$

and, distance between them (parallel sides) $=15cm$

$\therefore$ Area of the trapezium $=\frac{1}{2}$ (sum of parallel sides) $\times$ distance between them

$=\frac{1}{2}(24+20)\times 15c{m}^2=\frac{1}{2}\times 44\times 15c{m}^2=330c{m}^2$