Click on the line below for the 5-96 Trapezoid Decomposer - Method 1 Student eTool (Desmos).
5-96 Trapezoid Decomposer - Method 1 Student eTool (Desmos)
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Bottom half of each of the side triangles are rotated up to form a rectangle.
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Top half where the parallel sides are at the top and bottom is rotated downward to form a parallelogram.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/534/004/original/c495d659-c6d7-45c9-bc4c-bcbc0ac35278.png)