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Right Trapezoid

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A right trapezoid is a trapezoid having two right angles. As illustrated above, the area of a right trapezoid is

A=ah_2-1/2(h_2-h_1)a
(1)
=1/2a(h_1+h_2).
(2)

A right trapezoid has perimeter

P=a+h_1+h_2+sqrt(a^2+(h_2-h_1)^2)
(3)

and diagonal lengths

p=sqrt(a^2+h_1^2)
(4)
q=sqrt(a^2+h_2^2).
(5)

See also

Isosceles Trapezoid, Trapezoid

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Right Trapezoid." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RightTrapezoid.html

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