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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Diagonals of a Rectangle Proof


Given: FGHI is a rectangle
Prove: The diagonals of a rectangle have equal lengths
*Using paragraph proof, until I learn how to format 2 columns*
We know that quadrialateral FGHI is a rectangle because it was given.
We can say that segments FI & GH are congruent using the definition of a rectangle. We can also say that angles I and H are rt angles by the definition of a rectangle. Because of the Right Angle Congruence Theorem, we know that angles I and H are congruent (that Thm. means all right angles are congruent to one another). Segments HI & IH are congruent by the Reflexive Prop. of congruence. So we know that Triangles FIH & GHI are congruent using the SAS postulate. Finally, we can say that segments FH & GI are congruent by CPCTC.


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