I draw a quadrilateral ABCD of which BC=6cm,AB=4cm,CD=3cm,∠ABC=60∘, ∠BCD=55∘, I draw a triangle with equal area of that quadrilateral of which one side is along side AB and other side is along side BC.
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Solution
A. Draw the given quadrilateral ABCD.
B. Draw the diagonal AC of quadrilateral ABCD.
C. Draw a parallel line through point D to diagonal AC of quadrilateral ABCD which intersects at E produced BC.
D. DE∥AC,△ABE is the required triangle.
Proof: △ACE=△ADC (on same base AC and between same parallels AC and DE ) ∴△ACE=△ADC △ABC+△ADC=△ACE+△ABC (adding area of △ABC on both sides) ∴ quadrilateral ABCD=△ABE