 | James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...find the area of a trafiezoid, or quadrangle, <u'o cf •whose opposite sides are parallel. RULE — Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product •will be the area. EXAMPLES. 13. Required the area of a trapezoid whose parallel... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - 1809 - 426 pages
...BF. 14 X36 84 42 504=the area of ABCD. PROBLEM VI. To find the area of a trapezoid. Multiply the half sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and the product will be the area. EXAMPLE I. What is fhe area of a board or plank in the form of a trapeziod,... | |
 | Matthew Iley - 1820 - 512 pages
...Area of a Quadrilateral wherein two unequal Sides are Parallel to one another. RULE. Multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and the product will be the area. Let ABCD be a quadrilateral, wherein AC and BD are parallel but unequal;... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...feet ; what is its area ? Ans. 1131^.2 in. 9 pa. PROBLEM VIII. To find the area of a Irapezoid. RULE. Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area. Or, half the sum of the sides multiplied by their distance will... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...42 501 = the arca of ABCD. MENSURATION. Prob. 6. To find the area of a trapezoid. Multiply the half sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and the product will be the area. Ex. 3. What is the area of a board or plank in the form of a trapezoid,... | |
 | Thomas Hornby (land surveyor.) - Surveying - 1827 - 318 pages
...• 00000000 2.40000 40 16.00000 Ans. 0A. 2n. 16p. PROBLEM 3. To find the Area of a Trapezoid. RULE. Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area. EXAMPLE. Required the area of the trapezoid AB CD, whose parallel... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...To find the area of a trapezoid, or a quadrangle, two of whose opposite sides are parallel. RULE.* Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the EXAMPLES. 1. Required the area of the trapezoid ABCD, whose sides AB and... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 856 pages
...Note. A trapezoid is a quadrilateral, of which two opposite sides are parallel but not equal. RULE. Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product is the area. In the trapezoid ABCD, draw the diagonal AC, and from its extremities... | |
 | John Nicholson (Esq. Civil Engineer.) - Great Britain - 1831 - 432 pages
...the square of the hypotenuse AC, when the square of 63 I 189 AB has been subtracted. 3 | 189 Prob. 4. To find the Area of a Trapezoid. Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1834 - 454 pages
...Trapezium. — Multiply the base into half the sum of the perpendiculars. 4. Trapezoid. — Multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them. fi. Irregular Polygon. — Divide it into triangles, find their areas, the sum of these will be the... | |
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Multiply the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area. 
