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Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus? (1) Line segments AC and BD [#permalink] New post 03 Aug 2008, 18:21
Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus?

(1) Line segments AC and BD are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

(2) AB = BC = CD = AD
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 03 Aug 2008, 18:26
arjtryarjtry wrote:
Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus?

(1) Line segments AC and BD are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

(2) AB = BC = CD = AD



1) is necessary and sufficient condition for rhombus
2) is also same.

guess D
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 03 Aug 2008, 19:02
arjtryarjtry wrote:
Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus?

(1) Line segments AC and BD are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

(2) AB = BC = CD = AD


fior a figure to be rhombus necesary and sufficient condn is that its sides are equal and diagnals bisect each other at rt angles .

(1) and (2) both are reqd
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 03 Aug 2008, 19:04
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arjtryarjtry wrote:
Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus?

(1) Line segments AC and BD are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

(2) AB = BC = CD = AD



1) is necessary and sufficient condition for rhombus
2) is also same.

guess D


its not necessary that a figure with diagonals bisecting each other at rt angles is rhombus,may be its sides are unequal.we can try this drawing on a paper.
:) hence (2) is important
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 03 Aug 2008, 19:14
i have a diagram for 1 not to be suff... but what bout 2..? can we have a figure with four sides equal , but not parallel?
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 01:24
arjtryarjtry wrote:
i have a diagram for 1 not to be suff... but what bout 2..? can we have a figure with four sides equal , but not parallel?


the figure is wrong... both lines should bisect eachother... in your figure.. the perpendicular line is not divided in half...

IMO D
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 04:08
spriya wrote:
bhushangiri wrote:
arjtryarjtry wrote:
Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus?

(1) Line segments AC and BD are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

(2) AB = BC = CD = AD



1) is necessary and sufficient condition for rhombus
2) is also same.

guess D


its not necessary that a figure with diagonals bisecting each other at rt angles is rhombus,may be its sides are unequal.we can try this drawing on a paper.
:) hence (2) is important


No.. if the diagonals are perp and bisect each other, then it has to be a rhombus. Distance from any vertex to the adjoining vertex will beI same. Can be proved using the congruence of the 4 triangles using SAS (side angle side) approach.
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 11:49
arjtryarjtry wrote:
Is quadrilateral ABCD a rhombus?

(1) Line segments AC and BD are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

(2) AB = BC = CD = AD



must be D .

statement 1 and 2 both are properties of rhombus.
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 12:06
durgesh79 wrote:
arjtryarjtry wrote:
i have a diagram for 1 not to be suff... but what bout 2..? can we have a figure with four sides equal , but not parallel?


the figure is wrong... both lines should bisect eachother... in your figure.. the perpendicular line is not divided in half...

IMO D


Oh ok if the diagonals are perpendicular and bisect too

then lets say abcd is a quad. with AC and BD perpen and bisecting

AC=x,BD=y pt of intersection of diagonals be O.
AD= ((x/2)^2 + (y/2)^2 )^1/2 =CD=BC=AB
oops (2) is redundant (1) itself is sufficient

hence IMO A
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 12:08
spriya wrote:
durgesh79 wrote:
arjtryarjtry wrote:
i have a diagram for 1 not to be suff... but what bout 2..? can we have a figure with four sides equal , but not parallel?


the figure is wrong... both lines should bisect eachother... in your figure.. the perpendicular line is not divided in half...

IMO D


Oh ok if the diagonals are perpendicular and bisect too

then lets say abcd is a quad. with AC and BD perpen and bisecting

AC=x,BD=y pt of intersection of diagonals be O.
AD= ((x/2)^2 + (y/2)^2 )^1/2 =CD=BC=AB
oops (2) is redundant (1) itself is sufficient

hence IMO A
Whats the OA?


Your reasoning is correct. but Why A.. it should D right
each statement itself answers the question.
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 12:21
spriya wrote:
durgesh79 wrote:
arjtryarjtry wrote:

the figure is wrong... both lines should bisect eachother... in your figure.. the perpendicular line is not divided in half...

IMO D


Oh ok if the diagonals are perpendicular and bisect too

then lets say abcd is a quad. with AC and BD perpen and bisecting

AC=x,BD=y pt of intersection of diagonals be O.
AD= ((x/2)^2 + (y/2)^2 )^1/2 =CD=BC=AB
oops (2) is redundant (1) itself is sufficient

hence IMO A
Whats the OA?


Your reasoning is correct. but Why A.. it should D right
each statement itself answers the question.


can we call a parallelogram with 4 side equal a rhombus?this is my doubt :shock:
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 12:28
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can we call a parallelogram with 4 side equal a rhombus?this is my doubt :shock:


yes thats correct

A parallelogram with equal sides (a = b) is called a rhombus, a parallelogram whose angles are all right angles is called a rectangle.

http://www.vias.org/comp_geometry/geom_quad_parallelogram.html
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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 12:39
x2suresh wrote:
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can we call a parallelogram with 4 side equal a rhombus?this is my doubt :shock:


yes thats correct

A parallelogram with equal sides (a = b) is called a rhombus, a parallelogram whose angles are all right angles is called a rectangle.

http://www.vias.org/comp_geometry/geom_quad_parallelogram.html


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Re: SQUARES and rhombus [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2008, 15:37
Yeh , D should be the answer as for each of the property mentioned only a Rhombus OR Sqaure (a special case Rhombus)
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