ABCD is a quadrilateral in which P, Q, Rand S are mid-points of the sides AB,
BC, CD and DA. AC is a diagonal. Show that,
1) SR | AC and SR - AC il) PQRS is a rectangle
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We will use the mid-point theorem here. It that states that the line segment joining the mid-points of any two sides of the triangle is parallel to the third side and is half of it.
(i) In ΔADC, S and R are the mid-points of sides AD and CD respectively. Thus, by using the mid-point theorem
∴ SR || AC and SR = 1/2AC ... (1)
(ii) In ΔABC, P and Q are mid-points of sides AB and BC. Therefore, by using the mid-point theorem,
PQ || AC and PQ = 1/2 AC ... (2)
Using Equations (1) and (2), we obtain PQ || SR and PQ = SR ... (3)
∴ PQ = SR
(iii) From Equation (3), we obtained PQ || SR and PQ = SR
Clearly, one pair of opposite sides of quadrilateral PQRS is parallel and equal. Hence, PQRS is a parallelogram.
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