ABCD is a parallelogram and X and Y are the mid-points of BD and CD respectively. Prove that area of triangle AXY=3/8 area of parallologram ABCD.

Dear student,

 

X should be the mid point of BC and not BD.

The answer to your query is as follows:

 

The area of the parallelogram is equal to the sum of the area of all four triangles.

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