The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.55
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t2.55
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c8.t2.55
The square *ABCD* is required to be transformed into an isosceles trapezium *AGCE*, whose shorter side *AE* is equal to the given length *PQ* (Fig. 21). The rectangular portion *EFCD* is divided into two equal halves and the half *ECD* is shifted to its other side, such the *AGB* is its new position. Hence *AGCE* is the required isosceles trapezium.