Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
The diagonals of a quadrilateral intersect at right angles. Prove that the figure obtained by joining the mid-points of the adjacent sides of the quadrilateral is rectangle.
Advertisements
उत्तर
The figure is shown below

Let ABCD be a quadrilateral where P, Q, R, S are the midpoint of AB, BC, CD, DA. Diagonal AC and BD intersect at a right angle at point O. We need to show that PQRS is a rectangle
Proof:
From and ΔABC and ΔADC
2PQ = AC and PQ || AC …..(1)
2RS = AC and RS || AC …..(2)
From (1) and (2) we get,
PQ = RS and PQ || RS
Similarly, we can show that PS=RQ and PS || RQ
Therefore PQRS is a parallelogram.
Now PQ || AC, therefore ∠AOD = ∠PXO = 90° ...[ Corresponding angel ]
Again BD || RQ, therefore ∠PXO = ∠RQX = 90° ...[ Corresponding angel]
Similarly ∠QRS = ∠RSP = ∠SPQ = 90°
Therefore PQRS is a rectangle.
Hence proved.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
In Fig. below, triangle ABC is right-angled at B. Given that AB = 9 cm, AC = 15 cm and D,
E are the mid-points of the sides AB and AC respectively, calculate
(i) The length of BC (ii) The area of ΔADE.

Fill in the blank to make the following statement correct:
The figure formed by joining the mid-points of consecutive sides of a quadrilateral is
In the given figure, ΔABC is an equilateral traingle. Points F, D and E are midpoints of side AB, side BC, side AC respectively. Show that ΔFED is an equilateral traingle.

A parallelogram ABCD has P the mid-point of Dc and Q a point of Ac such that
CQ = `[1]/[4]`AC. PQ produced meets BC at R.

Prove that
(i)R is the midpoint of BC
(ii) PR = `[1]/[2]` DB
In triangle ABC, P is the mid-point of side BC. A line through P and parallel to CA meets AB at point Q, and a line through Q and parallel to BC meets median AP at point R.
Prove that : (i) AP = 2AR
(ii) BC = 4QR
In the figure, give below, 2AD = AB, P is mid-point of AB, Q is mid-point of DR and PR // BS. Prove that:
(i) AQ // BS
(ii) DS = 3 Rs.

In parallelogram ABCD, E and F are mid-points of the sides AB and CD respectively. The line segments AF and BF meet the line segments ED and EC at points G and H respectively.
Prove that:
(i) Triangles HEB and FHC are congruent;
(ii) GEHF is a parallelogram.
In parallelogram PQRS, L is mid-point of side SR and SN is drawn parallel to LQ which meets RQ produced at N and cuts side PQ at M. Prove that M is the mid-point of PQ.
D, E and F are the mid-points of the sides AB, BC and CA of an isosceles ΔABC in which AB = BC. Prove that ΔDEF is also isosceles.
Show that the quadrilateral formed by joining the mid-points of the consecutive sides of a square is also a square.
