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The area of a trapezium is half the product of its height and the sum of parallel sides. GIVEN : A trapezium `A B C D` in which `A B || C D ; A B=a ,D C=b` and `A L=C M=h ,` where `A L_|_D C` and `C M_|_A B`. TO PROVE : `a r(t r a p. A B C D)=1/2h(a+b)` construction : Join `A C`

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area of trapezium ABCD=area of `/_ABC`+ area of `/_ACB`
`=1/2*AB*h+1/2*DC*h`
`=1/2*h*(AB+CD)`
`=1/2*h(a+b)`.
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