Question

Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are $9$ cm and $6$ cm respectively and the distance between these sides is $8$ cm.

Answer 1

Given, parallel sides of the trapezium are $9$ cm and $6$ cm respectively

and the distance between these sides is $8$ cm

We know that,

Area of a trapezium$=\frac{1}{2}\times$Sum of parallel sides$\times$distance between them

$=\frac{1}{2}\times (9+6)\times 8sq.cm$

$=\frac{15\times 8}{2}sq.cm$

$=60sq.cm$

Therefore, area of the trapezium is $60c{m}^2$.