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AREA

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
Resulte on Triangles

th angles of a triangle is 180

Sum ofthe
Sum of
1
wo sides of a
2. The
of
sum
triangle is greater than the third side.
3. ythagoras Theorem: In a right-angled triangle,
(Hypotenuse) = (Base) +(Heightt2
The line joining the mid-point of a side of a triangle to the opposite vertex is called
the mediana.

here
whe the three medians of a
5. The point triangle : 1. is called
rentroid divides each of the medians in the ratio 2meet, centroid., The
cIn an isosceles triangle, the altitude from the vertex
bisects the base.
The median of a triangle divides it into two triangles of the same area.
of the triangle
& The area
formed by joining the
is one-fourth of the area of the
mid-points of the sides of a given
triangle given triangle.
Rerulte on Quadrilaterals:
. The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
2. Each diagonal of a parallelogram divides it into twotriangles of the same area.
3. The diagonals of a rectangle are equl and bisect each other.
4. The diagonals of a square are equal and bisect each other at
right angle8
5. The diagonals of a rhombus are unequal and bisect each other at
right angles.
6. A parallelogram anda rectangle on
the same base and between the same parallels
are equal in area.
1. Of all the parallelogram of given sides, the parallelogram which is rectangle has a
the greatest area.

IMPORTANT FORMULAE
L1 Area of a rectangle (Length x Breadth).
=

Area Area
Length =
and Breadth =

(Breadth) Length
.

Perimeter of a rectangle = 2 (Length + Breadth).

Areaof a square = (side* =(diagonal)
Area
of 4 walls of a room 2 (Length + Breadth) x
Height.
Area of a triangle =xBase xHeight.
2. rea of a triangle = ys(s-a)(s - b) (s - c), where a, b, c are the sides of the

triangle and s =
(a t+b+ c).
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