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A trapezium in the plane is a quadrilateral in which a pair of...

A trapezium in the plane is a quadrilateral in which a pair of opposite sides are parallel. A trapezium is said to be non-degenerate if it has positive area. Find the number of mutually non-congruent, non-degenerate trapeziums whose sides are four distinct integers from the set {5,6,7,8,9,10}\{5,6,7,8,9,10\}A trapezium in the plane is a quadrilateral in which a pair of opposite sides are parallel. A trapezium is said to be

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31

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Without losing generality, assume a>ca>c and d>bd>b and sides AB∥CDA B \| C D A trapezium in the plane is a quadrilateral in which a pair of opposite sides are parallel. A trapezium is said to be
d2−x2=b2−(c−a+x)2, Similarly d2−x2=b2−(a−c−x)2⇒x=(a−c)2+d2−b22(a−c)⇒x=(a−c)2+d2−b22(a−c)\begin{aligned} & d^2-x^2=b^2-(c-a+x)^2, \text { Similarly } d^2-x^2=b^2-(a-c-x)^2 \\ & \Rightarrow x=\frac{(a-c)^2+d^2-b^2}{2(a-c)} \Rightarrow x=\frac{(a-c)^2+d^2-b^2}{2(a-c)} \end{aligned} If x∈(0,d)x \in(0, d), then there will be unique trapezoid ⇒(a−c)2+d2−b22c(c−a)∈(0,d)⇒(a−c)2+d2−b2−2d(a−c)<0⇒(a−c−d)2−b2<0⇒(a−c−d−b)(a−c−d+b)<0⇒(a−c−d+b)>0⇒a+b>c+d\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \quad \frac{(a-c)^2+d^2-b^2}{2 c(c-a)} \in(0, d) \\ & \Rightarrow \quad(a-c)^2+d^2-b^2-2 d(a-c) < 0 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad(a-c-d)^2-b^2 < 0 \Rightarrow(a-c-d-b)(a-c-d+b) < 0 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad(a-c-d+b)>0 \Rightarrow a+b>c+d \end{aligned} And a>c,d>ba>c, d>b Using these inequality, numerate these pairs ( a,b,c,da, b, c, d ) Case I : a=10⇒a=10 \Rightarrow total no. of cases =16=16 Case II : a=9⇒a=9 \Rightarrow total no. of cases =9=9 Case III : a=8⇒a=8 \Rightarrow total no. of cases =4=4 Case (IV) : a=7⇒(7,9,5,10)a=7 \Rightarrow(7,9,5,10) and ( 7,8,5,97,8,5,9 ) ⇒2\Rightarrow 2 cases ⇒\Rightarrow \quad Total =31=31
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