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" To find the area of a trapezoid. RULE. Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them : the product will be the area. "
A System of Geometry and Trigonometry: Together with a Treatise on Surveying ... - Page 33
by Abel Flint - 1804 - 168 pages
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New Practical Arithmetic

Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...around B's farm cost $180, what should have been the cost of that around A's, at the same rate ? 225. To find the area of a trapezoid. RULE. Multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the altitude. 1. A floor is 25 ft. long, and its two ends are respectively 16 ft....
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The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables ...

William Kent - Engineering - 1907 - 1206 pages
...the sum of tile perpendiculars let fall on it from opposite angles. Area of a trapezold = product of half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them. To find the area of any quadrilateral figure.— Divide the quadrilateral into two triangles; the sum...
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The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables ...

William Kent - Engineering - 1902 - 1204 pages
...sum of the perpendiculars let fall on it from opposite angles. Area of a trapezold = product of naif the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them. To find the area of any quadrilateral figure.— Divide the quadrilateral into two triangles; the sum...
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The Advanced Machinist: A Practical and Educational Treatise, with Illustrations

Nehemiah Hawkins - Machine-shop practice - 1903 - 362 pages
...Fig- 7TO FIND THE AREA OF A TRAPEZOID. A Trapezoid is a trapezium having two of its sides parallel. RULE. — Multiply half the sum of the two parallel...sides by the perpendicular distance between them. 62 USEFUL MEASUREMENTS. Let the figure be the trapezoid, the sides 7 and 5 being parallel ; and 3 the...
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Ray's Modern Practical Arithmetic: A Revised Edition of Ray's Practical ...

Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1903 - 366 pages
...25£ yd. 13. A rectangular field is 15 rd. long. What must be its width to contain 1 A. ? 10J rd. 248. To find the area of a trapezoid: Rule. — Multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the altitude. EXPLANATION. — The base of a parallelogram having the same altitude...
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Hodgson's Estimator and Contractor's Guide for Pricing Builder's Work ...

Frederick Thomas Hodgson - Architecture, Domestic - 1904 - 370 pages
...feet? HX 8=336 i =714 sq.ft. Ans. Problem IV. — To find the area of a trapezoid. Rule. — Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area. Example i. — Required the area of the trapezoid, abed, having...
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Henley's Encyclopaedia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades ...

1906 - 576 pages
...area may be found by the above rule for trapeziums, but generally it is calculated by the following rule: — Multiply half the sum of the two parallel...sides by the perpendicular distance between them. AREA OF THE CIRCLE. — The area of the circle may be found by any of the following three methods :...
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Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A ...

Joseph Gregory Horner - Engineering - 1906 - 572 pages
...area may be found by the above rule for trapeziums, but generally it is calculated by the following rule: — Multiply half the sum of the two parallel...sides by the perpendicular distance between them. AREA OF THE CIRCLE. — The area of the circle may be found by any of the following three methods :...
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The Art of Railroading: Or, The Technique of Modern Transportation, Volume 6

Calvin Franklin Swingle, Frederick John Prior - Air-brakes - 1906 - 676 pages
...by the perpendicular height. Parallelogram : Area = DXH To find the area of a trapezoid— Fig. 45. Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between the sides. ' (HE+D) Trapezoid: Area—- UD ») Fig. 46. To find the area of an equilateral triangle—...
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Modern Sheet-metal Workers' Instructor: Practical Geometry, Mensuration ...

Joseph H. Rose - Sheet-metal work - 1906 - 340 pages
...by the perpendicular height. Parallelogram : Area = DXH To find the area of a trapezoid— Fig. 59. Multiply half the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between the sides. _ . , . (HE + D) TrapezoId : Area = ^ To find the area of an equilateral triangle — Fig....
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