Trapeze is called the quadrangle at which only one couple of the opposite parties is parallel. It is very simple to find the center of a trapeze. Follow the step-by-step instruction below.
It is required to you
- Pencil, ruler
Instruction
1. Take a ruler. With its help find the middle oneof bases of a trapeze. The basis of a trapeze is one of parallel parties. Measure basis length, divide it into two. Measure from the beginning of the basis on its length the found size and put the end. Measure also length of the second basis of a trapeze. As a result on two parallel parties you will have marks precisely in their middle.
2. Connect the middle of the bases found in the previous step a straight line. Make it by means of a pencil and a ruler. Now the points designating the middle of a trapeze are connected by a straight line.
3. Find the middle of a straight line which you carried out in the previous step. For this purpose by means of a ruler measure length of the line and divide it into two. From any of the bases of a trapeze measure a half of its length on this line and put the end. This point is the center of a trapeze.