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3 years ago

Does a rectangle have four congruent sides?

Mathematics

1 answer:

ololo11 [35]3 years ago

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Answer:

NO.

Step-by-step explanation:

In geometry, two figures or objects are congruent if they have the same shape and size, or if one has the same shape and size as the mirror image of the other. So, in other words, 2 shapes or figures in geometry are congruent if they have the exact same size and shape.

A rectangle has 2 pairs of parallel sides. One pair is longer than the other pair. Therefore, to be congruent, all sides have to be equal, which is a square, not a rectangle. So the answer is NO.

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A. 1/3

B. √10

C. -1, 1

D. √8, 6

E. congruent and opposite pairs parallel

F. perpendicular, not congruent

G. rhombus, explanation below

Step-by-step explanation:

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Slope is the rise over the run. Let's look at F to G.

We are going from -1 to 2 on our x-axis (run), so our run is 3 units.

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$slope=\frac{rise}{run} =\frac{1}{3}$

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We will use the distance formula (which is basically just the Pythagorean Theorem) to calculate the length of each side. Let's go between F and G again, but this distance is the same for all the sides.

$\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_1)^2+(y_{2}-y_1)^2 } \\\\(x_1,y_1)=(-1,2)\\\\(x_2,y_2)=(2,3)\\\\\\\sqrt{(2+1)^2+(3-2)^2 } \\\\\sqrt{(3)^2+(1)^2 }\\\\\sqrt{9+1 }\\\\\sqrt{10}$

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The diagonals are the lines that connect the non-adjacent vertices.

Our two diagonals are FH and GE.

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We go from x-value -1 to 1 from F to H, so our run is 2.

We go from y-value 2 to 0. so our rise is -2.

$slope=\frac{rise}{run} =-\frac{2}{2} =-1$

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We go from x-value -2 to 2 from E to G, so our run is 4.

We go from y-value -1 to 3. so our rise is 4.

$slope=\frac{rise}{run} =\frac{4}{4} =1$

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Let's use the distance formula on each of our diagonals.

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$\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_1)^2+(y_{2}-y_1)^2 } \\\\(x_1,y_1)=(-1,2)\\\\(x_2,y_2)=(1,0)\\\\\\\sqrt{(1+1)^2+(0-2)^2 } \\\\\sqrt{(2)^2+(-2)^2 }\\\\\sqrt{4+4 }\\\\\sqrt{8}$

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$\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_1)^2+(y_{2}-y_1)^2 } \\\\(x_1,y_1)=(-2,-1)\\\\(x_2,y_2)=(2,3)\\\\\\\sqrt{(2+2)^2+(3+1)^2 } \\\\\sqrt{(4)^2+(4)^2 }\\\\\sqrt{16+16 }\\\\\sqrt{36}\\\\6$

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They are congruent as they all have the same length (√10) and the opposite sides are parallel as they have the same slope (1/3)

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They are perpendicular diagonals as their slopes are negative reciprocals (1 and -1), and they are not congruent as they have different lengths (√8 and 6).

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Parallelogram- quadrilateral with opposite pairs of parallel sides.

Rhombus- a parallelogram with four equal sides

Square- a rhombus with four right angles

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