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In trapezium ABCD, side AB || side PQ || side DC, AP = 15, PD = 12, QC = 14, find BQ.

By Basic Proportionality Theorem

(Theorem : If a line parallel to a side of a triangle intersects the remaining sides in two distinct points, then the line divides the sides in the same proportion.)


⇒


⇒


⇒ BQ =


⇒ BQ = 17.5


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