The roots of the parabola
along with the points
The
Given that the area of the trapezium is
Hint
By symmetry, the midpoint of
Hint
Note that the height of the trapezium can by given by the
Hint
Here are the dimensions of the trapezium
Use the area of the trapezium to show that
Hint
Recall that
The equation
Solution
The roots of the parabola are
Now let's consider the area of the trapezium
By the formula for the area of a trapezium, we find that
Note that
This implies
This also implies
and
We conclude that