The trapezium

Last updated: 16 Nov 2008

The last quadrilateral you will meet in the GMAT is the trapezium. A trapezium is a quadrilateral with 1 pair of parallel sides.

Area of a trapezium

All you need to know about a trapezium is how to calculate its area which is equal to the average of the two parallel sides x perpendicular distance between them

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Comments (1):

  1. This is indeed very helpful. Earlier, I used to always confuse between various quadilaterals. Thanks !!!

    aparna on 19 Feb 2009 (permalink)

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