Trapezoids - Examples, Exercises and Solutions

Let's recall that in an isosceles trapezoid, the sum of the two angles on each of the trapezoid's legs equals 180 degrees.

In other words:

$A+C=180$

$B+D=180$

Since angle D is known to us, we can calculate:

$180-50=B$

$130=B$

We use the formula (base+base) multiplied by the height and divided by 2.

Note that we are only provided with one base and it is not possible to determine the size of the other base.

Therefore, the area cannot be calculated.

Given that the trapezoid is isosceles and the angles on both sides are equal, it can be argued that:

$∢C=∢D$

$∢A=∢B$

We know that the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.

Therefore we can create the formula:

$∢A+∢B+∢C+∢D=360$

We replace according to the existing data:

$120+120+2x+2x=360$

 $240+4x=360$

$4x=360-240$

$4x=120$

We divide the two sections by 4:

$\frac{4x}{4}=\frac{120}{4}$

$x=30$

Formula for the area of a trapezoid:

$\frac{(base+base)}{2}\times altura$

We substitute the data into the formula and solve:

$\frac{9+12}{2}\times5=\frac{21}{2}\times5=\frac{105}{2}=52.5$

In order to calculate the perimeter of the trapezoid we must add together the measurements of all of its sides:

7+10+7+12 =

36

And that's the solution!

First, let's remind ourselves of the formula for the area of a trapezoid:

$A=\frac{\left(Base\text{ }+\text{ Base}\right)\text{ h}}{2}$

We substitute the given values into the formula:

(2.5+4)*6 =
6.5*6=
39/2 = 
19.5

First, we need to remind ourselves of how to work out the area of a trapezoid:



Now let's substitute the given data into the formula:

(10+6)*5 =
2

Let's start with the upper part of the equation:

16*5 = 80

80/2 = 40

True: in every isosceles trapezoid the base angles are equal to each other.

We use the following formula to calculate the area of a trapezoid: (base+base) multiplied by the height divided by 2:

$\frac{(AB+DC)\times BE}{2}$

$\frac{(7+15)\times2}{2}=\frac{22\times2}{2}=\frac{44}{2}=22$

To find the perimeter we will add all the sides:

$4+5+9+6=9+9+6=18+6=24$

The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are always equal to each other,

but they do not necessarily bisect each other.

(Reminder, "bisect" means that they meet exactly in the middle, meaning they are cut into two equal parts, two halves)

For example, the following trapezoid ABCD, which is isosceles, is drawn.

Using a computer program we calculate the center of the two diagonals,

And we see that the center points are not G, but the points E and F.

This means that the diagonals do not bisect.

We use the formula to calculate the area: (base+base) times the height divided by 2

$S=\frac{(AB+CD)\times h}{2}$

We input the data we are given:

$126=\frac{(AB+15)\times9}{2}$

We multiply the equation by 2:

$252=9AB+135$

$252-135=9AB$

$117=9AB$

We divide the two sections by 9

$13=AB$

To answer the question, we must know an important rule about isosceles trapezoids:

The sum of the angles that define each of the trapezoidal sides (not the bases) is equal to 180

Therefore:

∢B+∢D=180

3X+X=180

4X=180

X=45

It's important to remember that this is still not the solution, because we were asked for angle B,

Therefore:

3*45 = 135

And this is the solution!

First, we calculate the long base from the existing data:

Multiply the short base by 1.5:

$5\times1.5=7.5$

Now we will add up all the sides to find the perimeter:

$2+5+3+7.5=7+3+7.5=10+7.5=17.5$

Since we are given the perimeter of the trapezoid and not the length of CD, we can calculate:

$22=3+3+7+CD$

$22=CD+13$

$22-13=CD$

$9=CD$