In Rhombus MNOP, MN = 24, and NO = 2x + 6. What is the value of x?
x = 9
Name the 2 properties that the diagonals of a rectangle have.
They are congruent and bisect each other.
In a trapezoid, the upper base is 12, and the lower base is 30. What is the median of the trapezoid? The formula for median is (base 1 + base 2)/2.
1/2(12 + 30 ) = 1/2(42) = 21
Can a rhombus be a rectangle? If so, draw a picture. If not, explain why not.
Yes, it would look like a square. It has all the properties of a rhombus and rectangle.
In rectangle ABCD, AC = 7x and BD = 3x + 20. What is the value of x?
x = 5.
In rhombus ABCD, diagonals AC and BD intersect at E. If the measure of angle BAD = 72, what is the measure of angle CED?
Angle CED = 54, use the right triangles, and the fact that the angles bisect the corner angles.
In rectangle ABCD, the diagonals intersect at E. AE = 4x + 20, BC = 7x + 12 and DE = 8x + 4. What is the value of x?
x = 4
What do the sides of a rectangle add up to?
The SIDES could ADD to anything. ( The angles add to 360. )
In rhombus ABCD, the diagonals are drawn and intersect at E. If AC = 20, and BD = 48, what is the measure of AB?
Use the fact that the diagonals bisect each other and are perpendicular. Each right triangle has legs of 10 and 24. Use the pythagorean theorem to figure out that AB = 26.
If a rectangle and a rhombus had a child, what would it look like? Why?
It would be a square b/c a square has all of the properties of a rectangle and a rhombus.