CBSE Class 9 Answered
MID PTS THEOREM
Asked by | 13 Sep, 2009, 06:46: AM
Expert Answer
let ABCD is rectangle.
E,F,G,H be the mid points of the sides AB,BC,CD,DA resply.
join BD.
EH II BD
and
EH=1/2[BD].... mid pt thm.
simly
GFII BD
and
GF=1/2[BD]
So
EH=GF
and
EH II GF
so
EFGH is a parallelogram... one pair of opp sides is parallel and equal.
by the same argument as above,
we see that
EF=GH=1/2[AC]
but
BD=AC...Diagonals of a rectangle are equal.
so
EF=GH=1/2[AC]=1/2[BD]=EH=GF
so we see that for the parallelogram EFGH, all sides ae equal, so it's a rhombus.
Answered by | 13 Sep, 2009, 09:21: AM
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