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To Find: The area of trapezoid and the length of the diagonals.
Answer to Problem 22WE
Diagonal:
Explanation of Solution
Given: The legs of the isosceles trapezoid is
Draw the figure using the given information.
Observe the figure.
Now using Pythagoras theorem.
Here
Area of Trapezoid.
Now finding the diagonal.
Using Pythagoras theorem in triangle
We have
Hence, area of the trapezoid is
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