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A trapezium has height 10 cm and area 180 cm2. If one parallel side is 12 cm, what is the other side?

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24 cm

Area of a trapezium = \(\frac{1}{2} \times (a + b) \times h\), where a and b are the parallel sides.

\(180 = \frac{1}{2} \times (12 + b) \times 10 = 5(12 + b)\)

So 12 + b = 36, giving b = 24 cm.

Hence, the other parallel side is 24 cm.

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