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Maths Lab Manual Class 9 CBSE Find the Formula for the Area of a Trapezium Experiment
Determine Find the Formula for the Area of a Trapezium Class 9 Practical
OBJECTIVE
To find the formula for the area of a trapezium experimentally.
Materials Required
- Cardboard
- Thermocol
- Geometry box
- Drawing sheets
- Scissors
- Adhesive
Prerequisite Knowledge
- Concept of a trapezium.
- Area of a parallelogram.
Theory
- A quadrilateral in which one pair of opposite sides are parallel and one pair of opposite sides are non-parallel, is called a trapezium. In Fig. 19.1, ABCD is a trapezium, in which AB||CD and AD, BC are non-parallel.
Area of trapezium = ½ (Sum of parallel sides) x Distance between parallel sides (Altitude)
= ½(AB + CD) x DE
If two non-parallel sides of a trapezium are equal, then it is called an isosceles trapezium. - Area of parallelogram = Base x Height
- Parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels are equal in area.
- If a triangle and a parallelogram are on the same base and between the same parallels, then the area of the triangle is equal to half the area of the parallelogram.
Procedure
- Take a cardboard piece of suitable size and by using adhesive, paste a drawing sheet on it.
- By using thermocol sheet, cut out two congruent trapeziums of parallel sides x and y units with h units altitude.(see Fig. 19.2)
- Now, place both trapeziums on cardboard, (see Fig. 19.3)
Demonstration
- In Fig. 19.3, figure formed by placing, both trapeziums together is a parallelogram.
- Base of parallelogram = (x + y) units and corresponding altitude = h units
- Now, Area of trapezium = ½ (Area of parallelogram)
= ½ (Base of parallelogram x Corresponding altitude)
= ½[(x + y) x h]
Hence, area of trapezium = ½ x (x + y) x h .
= ½ x (Sum of parallel sides) x Altitude Here, area is in square units.
Observation
Lengths of parallel sides of the trapezium = ………….. , ……………
Length of altitude of the parallelogram = ……………
Area of the parallelogram = ……………
Area of the trapezium = ½ (Sum of …… sides) x ………….
Result
We have verified experimentally the formula for the area of a trapezium.
Application
This concept is used in
- finding the formula for area of a triangle, in coordinate geometry.
- deriving the area of a field which can be split into different trapeziums and right triangles.
Viva Voce
Question 1:
How will you define a trapezium?
Answer:
Trapezium is a quadrilateral in which one pair of opposite sides are parallel and the other pair of sides are non-parallel.
Question 2:
In a trapezium ABCD, if AB||CD, then which pair of angles are supplementary?
Answer:
∠A and ∠D, ∠B and ∠C are supplementary pairs of angles.
Question 3:
Are the opposite angles of trapezium supplementary?
Answer:
No, the opposite angles of a trapezium are not supplementary.
Question 4:
“Congruent trapeziums have unequal area”. Is this statement true?
Answer:
No, because they have equal area.
Question 5:
How will you find the area of a parallelogram?
Answer:
Area of parallelogram = Base x Altitude to the base
Question 6:
Write the condition that any trapezium should be an isosceles trapezium.
Answer:
The condition that any trapezium should be an isosceles trapezium if and only if non-parallel sides of a trapezium are equal.
Question 7:
If we take any two points E and F on the line AS of trapezium ABCD such that AB||CD, then check whether the area of ΔCED and ΔCFD are equal.
Answer:
We know that the area of two triangles on the same base and between two parallel lines’are equal. Here, CD is base, points E and F are on the parallel line AB, then area of triangles, ΔCED and ΔCFD are equal.
Question 8:
Is it correct that every parallelogram is a trapezium?
Answer:
No
Question 9:
Is it true that sum of all the angles of a parallelogram and trapezium are equal?
Answer:
Yes, we know that the sum of all angles of a quadrilateral is 360°.
Here, parallelogram and trapezium are quadrilateral.
Suggested Activity
Using the above activity, find the area of an isosceles trapezium, if one of its non-parallel side is 5 cm and lengths of two parallel sides are 4 cm and 10 cm.
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