Calculating Perimeter & Area of a Parallelogram & Triangle

Abdullah Qureshi
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Find the perimeter and area of CD, if ABCE is a parallelogram and

ADE is an equilateral triangle.
 

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CD is a line segemnt, ABCD is a trapezoid. Is that what you're trying to find the area & perimeter for?

Perimeter should be rather simple ... what do you get?

Area of a trapezoid is $\dfrac{h}{2}(b_1+b_2)$ where $b_1$ and $b_2$ are the parallel bases.

Where, exactly, are you having trouble?
 

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