NCERT Solutions
Class 9 Maths
Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles

Ex.9.2 Q.3
P and Q are any two points lying on the sides DC and AD respectively of a parallelogram ABCD.
Show that ar (APB) = ar (BQC).
Given: A parallelogram ABCD. P and Q are any points on DC and AD respectively.
To prove: ar (APB) = ar (BQC)
Construction: Draw PS || AD and QR || AB.
Proof: In parallelogram ABRQ, BQ is the diagonal.
So, area of ∆BQR = area of .............(1)
In parallelogram CDQR, CQ is a diagonal.
So, area of ∆RQC = area of ............(2)
Adding equation (1) and (2), we get
area of ∆BQR + area of ∆RQC = (area of ABRQ + area of CDQR) ÷ 2
=> area of ∆BQC = area of .........(3)
Again, in parallelogram DPSA, AP is a diagonal.
So, area of ∆ASP = area of ..........(4)
In parallelogram BCPS, PB is a diagonal.
Now, area of ∆BPS = area of ………. (5)
Adding equation (4) and (5), we get
area of ∆ASP + area of ∆BPS = (area of DPSA + area of BCPS) ÷ 2
=> area of ∆APB = (area of ABCD) ……... (6)
From equation (3) and (6), we have
area of ∆APB = area of ∆BQC.
Hence, Proved.