SOLUTION: 1.how to prove if the diagonals in a parallelogram are perpendicular, then the parallelogram is a rhombus.
2. how to prove if the diagonals in a paralellogram are congruent, the
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2. how to prove if the diagonals in a paralellogram are congruent, the
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Question 392003: 1.how to prove if the diagonals in a parallelogram are perpendicular, then the parallelogram is a rhombus.
2. how to prove if the diagonals in a paralellogram are congruent, then the parallelogram is a rectangle
Outline for proof:
Since the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other,
BE and DE are congruent
AE is congruent to itself
We are given that all four angles at point E are 90° and
are therefore congruent.
Triangles ABE and ADE are congruent by side-angle-side,
Therefore AB and AD are congruent.
Since opposite sides of a parallelogram are congruent,
AD and BC are congruent, and AB and CD are congruent.
So all four sides are congruent, so parallelogram ABCD
is a rhombus.
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Outline:
We are given that diagonals AC and BD are congruent.
AB and DC are congruent because they are opposite sides of a parallelogram
AD is congruent to itself
Triangles ABD and DCA are congruent by side-side-side.
Angles BAD and CDA are congruent because they are corresponding
angles of congruent triangles.
Angles BAD and CDA are also supplementary because
angles of a parallelogram are supplementary.
Angles BAD and CDA are right angles because they are congruent
and supplementary.
Parallelogram ABCD is a rectangle because a parallelogram with one
right interior angle is a rectangle.
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