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Learn moreA quadrilateral with one pair of parallel side is called trapezium.
Now we are going to define a trapezium \(ABCD\) as a quadrilateral having exactly one pair of parallel sides.
Therefore, if \(ABCD\) is a trapezium in that \(AD\) is parallel to \(BC\)(\(AD||BC\)).
Here \(∠A + ∠B = 180°\) and \(∠C + ∠D = 180°\). This condition is because \(AD || BC\) and considering the line \(AB\) as transversal, the angles \(∠A\) and \(∠B\) are alternate interior and alternate exterior angles. Thus, they form a linear pair.
This implies, the angles \(∠A\) and \(∠B\) are supplementary.
Similar way, if we consider the \(CD\) as transversal, the angles \(∠C\) and \(∠D\) are supplementary.
Important!
Terms used in trapezium:
- The pair of parallel sides are called the bases while the non-parallel sides are called the legs of the trapezoid.
- The line segment connecting the midpoints of the non-parallel sides of a trapezoid is called the mid-segment.
- If we draw a line segment, between the two non-parallel sides, from the mid-point of both sides, the trapezium will be divided into two unequal parts.
In a trapezium, the following properties are true:
- The sum of all the four angles of the trapezium is equal to \(360°\).
- A trapezium has \(4\) unequal sides.
- A trapezium has two parallel sides and two non-parallel sides.
- The diagonals of trapezium bisect each other.
- The length of the mid-segment is equal to \(\frac{1}{2}\) the sum of the parallel bases, in a trapezium.
- Sum of adjacent angles on non-parallel sides of trapezium is \(180°\).
A trapezium is isosceles trapezium, if its non-parallel sides are equal.
Thus, a quadrilateral \(ABCD\) is an isosceles trapezium, if \(AD || BC\) and \(AB = CD\).
Important!
A quadrilateral is a parallelogram if its both pairs of opposite sides are parallel.
In an isosceles trapezium, the following properties are true:
- Exactly one pair of parallel sides and one pair of congruent sides.
- Diagonals are congruent and do not bisect each other.
- Base angles are congruent, and the opposite angles are supplementary.
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