Why is the trapezoid doubled and flipped to create a parallelogram

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asked Mar 3, 2024 108k views

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Ray Booysen · Answer 1 · 2024-03-10T13:59:43+0000

The height of the parallelogram is the same as the height of the trapezoid

Why?

Doubling the trapezoid and then halving the resulting area

As was true with the triangle, but its base is the sum of the two bases of the trapezoid.