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The diagonals of a quadrilateral are perpendicular to each other and their lengths are 18cm and 20 cm. What is the area of this quadrilateral? |
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Answer» ONG>Answer: Given ABCD is a quadrilateral with AC=20cm and BP=9cm & OD=15cm and BP⊥AC & OD⊥AC AREA of ΔABC= 2 1
×AC×BP= 2 1
×20×9=90cm 2
[Area of ΔABC−90cm 2 ] Area of ΔADC= 2 1
×AC×OD= 2 1
×20×15=150cm 2
Area of [ΔADC=150cm 2 ] Area of quadrilateral =area of ΔADC+ area of Δ ABC =90+150 Area of quadrilateral (ABCD)=240CM 2
Hence area of quadrilateral ABCD is 240cm 2 . |
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