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ABCD is a rectangle and P, Q, R and S ar
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ABCD is a rectangle and P, Q, R and S are mid-points of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Show that the quadrilateral PQRS is a rhombus.
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Updated on : 2022-09-05
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Here, we are joining A and C.
In
Δ
ABC
P is the mid point of AB
Q is the mid point of BC
PQ
∣
∣
AC [Line segments joining the mid points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to AC(third side) and also is half of it]
PQ
=
2
1
AC
In
Δ
ADC
R is mid point of CD
S is mid point of AD
RS
∣
∣
AC [Line segments joining the mid points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to third side and also is half of it]
RS
=
2
1
AC
So, PQ
∣
∣
RS and PQ
=
RS [one pair of opposite side is parallel and equal]
In
Δ
APS &
Δ
BPQ
AP
=
BP [P is the mid point of AB)
∠
PAS
=
∠
PBQ(All the angles of rectangle are
9
0
o
)
AS
=
BQ
∴
Δ
APS
≅
Δ
BPQ(SAS congruency)
∴
PS
=
PQ
BS
=
PQ & PQ
=
RS (opposite sides of parallelogram is equal)
∴
PQ
=
RS
=
PS
=
RQ[All sides are equal]
∴
PQRS is a parallelogram with all sides equal
∴
So PQRS is a rhombus.
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