SOLUTION: Prove that any two diagonals of a regular pentagon are congruent. Are any two diagonals congruent in any regular polygon?
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Question 830175: Prove that any two diagonals of a regular pentagon are congruent. Are any two diagonals congruent in any regular polygon? Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source):
I'll just tell you how. You can write up a two-column proof.
All sides of a regular polygon are congruent. All interior angles of
a regular polynomial are congruent.
so AB ≅ AE, BC ≅ ED, ∠B ≅ ∠E, therefore ΔABC ≅ ΔAED by SAS,
so AC ≅ AD by cpct.
Draw in diagonal CE.
Now ΔCDE ≅ ΔABC by SAS and AC ≅ CE
Draw in BE
Prove ΔCDE ≅ ΔABE the same way and then BE ≅ CE
Finally draw in BD
And now ΔBCD ≅ ΔABE and so BE ≅ BD. Now write it up as a
two-column proof.
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Are any two diagonals congruent in any regular polygon?
Take a look at a regular nonagon (nine sided regular polygon):
No way those two diagonals are congruent! The only
regular polygons that have all diagonals congruent are
regular polygons with sides 4 and 5. (A 4-sided
regular polygon is a square).
Edwin