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Tags: geometry, trapezoid, function, similar triangles



A trapezium has parallel sides of length equal to a and b (a<b), and the distance between the parallel sides is the altitude h. The extensions of the non-parallel lines intersect at a point that is a vertex of two triangles that have as sides the parallel sides of the trapezium. Express the areas of the triangles as functions of a,b and h.