ABCD is a trapezium in which angle B = angle C=90^oCalculate the length DC hence the area of the trapezium.

      

ABCD is a trapezium in which angle B = angle C=90^o


Calculate the length DC hence the area of the trapezium.

  

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Kavungya answered the question on September 18, 2019 at 13:19

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