In deriving the area formula, the figures ABQP, APRC and BQRC are all:
ARhombi
BTrapezia
CSquares
DCircles
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Trapezia
1. Perpendiculars are dropped from the vertices to the x-axis.
2. Each pair of perpendiculars with the axis forms a four-sided figure.
3. Those figures are trapezia.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 7, Coordinate Geometry._
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