SOLUTION: A parallelogram is given vertices P(3, 2) Q(9,4) R(11, 10) and S(5, 8). Show that the diagonals of PQRS are the right bisectors of each other. Use midpoints and slopes in your solu

Algebra ->  Parallelograms -> SOLUTION: A parallelogram is given vertices P(3, 2) Q(9,4) R(11, 10) and S(5, 8). Show that the diagonals of PQRS are the right bisectors of each other. Use midpoints and slopes in your solu      Log On


   



Question 758063: A parallelogram is given vertices P(3, 2) Q(9,4) R(11, 10) and S(5, 8). Show that the diagonals of PQRS are the right bisectors of each other. Use midpoints and slopes in your solution.I dont know how to solve this question...
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot the points on graph paper and draw all the segments involved. You can form the lines of each of the diagonals and produce the equation for each and then show that the slopes are negative reciprocals of eachother. That will at least show that/if the diagonals are perpendicular.