How can a trapezoid and a square have the same area? - Answers

-- You can make a square have any area you want it to, by making its sideslonger or shorter. You just have to keep all the sides the same length andone of its angles 90 degrees, otherwise you won't have a square any more.-- You can make a trapezoid have any area you want it to, by making its sideslonger or shorter. You just have to keep one pair of sides parallel, otherwiseyou won't have a trapezoid any more.-- Since you can make a square with any area you want, and you can make atrapezoid with any area you want, there's no reason why you can't make oneof each, that both have the same area.-- And while you're at it, you could also make a circle that has the same areaas the square and the trapezoid.