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13. Quilting Many quilts feature squares that are made up of triangles. Explain why placing four congruent isosceles right triangles as shown above always result in a square.
I know that it must have something to do with the diagonals of a square and how they create perpendicular lines, but I'd really appreciate it if someone could help explain this to me a little farther.
Thanks in advance.
(I apologize if this is in the wrong section) Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
the four congruent isosceles right triangles all have the same hypotenuse, so the quadrilateral formed is a rhombus
the base angles of four congruent isosceles right triangles are all 45º, so when two are adjacent (to form a corner)
___ the corner is a right angle - making the rhombus a square
