SOLUTION: The sum of the two parallel sides of a trapezoid is 22 cm. The segment that connects the mid points of the two non-parallel sides divides the area of the trapezoid into two parts,

Question 1150160: The sum of the two parallel sides of a trapezoid is 22 cm. The segment that connects the mid points of the two non-parallel sides divides the area of the trapezoid into two parts, in a ratio of 4:7. What is the product of the lengths of the two parallel sides?
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Let the length of the line segment joining the midpoints of the two non-parallel side be x. Then let the lengths of the two bases be 11-x and 11+x.

The trapezoid has been divided into two trapezoids, in which the ratio of the areas is 4:7.

Let the height of each of those two trapezoids be h (so the height of the original trapezoid was 2h).

The area of a trapezoid is the height, multiplied by the average of the two bases. Given the ratio of the areas of the two trapezoids is 4:7, we have

The lengths of the two parallel sides are 11-x = 5 and 11+x = 17; the product of the lengths of the two parallel sides is 5*17 = 85.

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