The area of the parallelogram ABCD is 90cm2 (see Fig.9.13) EC=FD. Find A(ABEF)
A
45cm2
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B
60cm2
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C
90cm2
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D
180cm2
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Solution
The correct option is C90cm2 Given−ABCDisaparallelogramwhosearea=90cm2.ABEFisanotherquadrilateralwiththesamebaseABandwithinthesameparallesAB&FCwiththeparallelogramABCD.EC=DF.Tofindout−arABEF.Solution−EC=FD∴EC+DE=FD+DE⟹DC=EF=AB∴ABEFisalsoaparallelogramAlsoABCD&ABEFhavethesamebaseABandarewithinthesameparallesAB&FC.∴arABEF=arABCD=90cm2Ans−arABEF=90cm2