Question

The area of a trapezium is 147cm of the parallel sides and 5.3cm and 3.1cm long. Find the perpendicular distance between them.

Answer 1

Answer:

35 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

A trapezoid is a convex quadrilateral. A trapezoid has at least on pair of parallel sides. the parallel sides are called bases while the non parallel sides are called legs

Characteristics of a trapezoid

It has 4 vertices and edges

If both pairs of its opposite sides of a trapezoid are parallel, it becomes a parallelogram

Area of a trapezoid =   x (sum of the lengths of the parallel sides) x height

h = 147x2 / (5.3 + 3.1) = 35cm