6-4 Properties of Special Parallelograms Warm Up Lesson Presentation Lesson Quiz Holt McDougal Geometry

Below are some conditions you can use to determine whether a parallelogram is a rhombus.

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. Each of the parallel sides is called a base. The nonparallel sides are called legs. Base angles of a trapezoid are two consecutive angles whose common side is a base.

If the legs of a trapezoid are congruent, the trapezoid is an isosceles trapezoid. The following theorems state the properties of an isosceles trapezoid.

Example 2A: Using Properties of Rhombuses to Find Measures TVWX is a rhombus. Find TV. WV = XT Def. of rhombus 13b – 9 = 3b + 4 Substitute given values. 10b = 13 Subtract 3b from both sides and add 9 to both sides. b = 1.3 Divide both sides by 10.

Example 2A Continued TV = XT Def. of rhombus Substitute 3b + 4 for XT. TV = 3b + 4 TV = 3(1.3) + 4 = 7.9 Substitute 1.3 for b and simplify.

Example 2B: Using Properties of Rhombuses to Find Measures TVWX is a rhombus. Find mVTZ. mVZT = 90° Rhombus  diag.  14a + 20 = 90° Substitute 14a + 20 for mVTZ. Subtract 20 from both sides and divide both sides by 14. a = 5

Example 2B Continued Rhombus  each diag. bisects opp. s mVTZ = mZTX mVTZ = (5a – 5)° Substitute 5a – 5 for mVTZ. mVTZ = [5(5) – 5)]° = 20° Substitute 5 for a and simplify.

Example 3A: Identifying Special Parallelograms in the Coordinate Plane Use the diagonals to determine whether a parallelogram with the given vertices is a rectangle, rhombus, or square. Give all the names that apply. P(–1, 4), Q(2, 6), R(4, 3), S(1, 1)

Example 3A Continued Step 1 Graph PQRS.

Example 3A Continued Step 2 Find PR and QS to determine if PQRS is a rectangle. Since , the diagonals are congruent. PQRS is a rectangle.

Example 3A Continued Step 3 Determine if PQRS is a rhombus. Since , PQRS is a rhombus. Step 4 Determine if PQRS is a square. Since PQRS is a rectangle and a rhombus, it has four right angles and four congruent sides. So PQRS is a square by definition.

Example 2A: Using Properties of Kites In kite ABCD, mDAB = 54°, and mCDF = 52°. Find mBCD. Kite  cons. sides  ∆BCD is isos. 2  sides isos. ∆ CBF  CDF isos. ∆ base s  mCBF = mCDF Def. of   s mBCD + mCBF + mCDF = 180° Polygon  Sum Thm.

Example 2A Continued mBCD + mCBF + mCDF = 180° Substitute mCDF for mCBF. mBCD + mCDF + mCDF = 180° Substitute 52 for mCDF. mBCD + 52° + 52° = 180° Subtract 104 from both sides. mBCD = 76°

Example 2B: Using Properties of Kites In kite ABCD, mDAB = 54°, and mCDF = 52°. Find mABC. ADC  ABC Kite  one pair opp. s  mADC = mABC Def. of  s Polygon  Sum Thm. mABC + mBCD + mADC + mDAB = 360° Substitute mABC for mADC. mABC + mBCD + mABC + mDAB = 360°

Example 2B Continued mABC + mBCD + mABC + mDAB = 360° mABC + 76° + mABC + 54° = 360° Substitute. 2mABC = 230° Simplify. mABC = 115° Solve.

Example 2C: Using Properties of Kites In kite ABCD, mDAB = 54°, and mCDF = 52°. Find mFDA. CDA  ABC Kite  one pair opp. s  mCDA = mABC Def. of  s mCDF + mFDA = mABC  Add. Post. 52° + mFDA = 115° Substitute. mFDA = 63° Solve.

Example 4A: Applying Conditions for Isosceles Trapezoids Find the value of a so that PQRS is isosceles. Trap. with pair base s   isosc. trap. S  P mS = mP Def. of  s Substitute 2a2 – 54 for mS and a2 + 27 for mP. 2a2 – 54 = a2 + 27 Subtract a2 from both sides and add 54 to both sides. a2 = 81 a = 9 or a = –9 Find the square root of both sides.

Example 4B: Applying Conditions for Isosceles Trapezoids AD = 12x – 11, and BC = 9x – 2. Find the value of x so that ABCD is isosceles. Diags.   isosc. trap. Def. of  segs. AD = BC Substitute 12x – 11 for AD and 9x – 2 for BC. 12x – 11 = 9x – 2 Subtract 9x from both sides and add 11 to both sides. 3x = 9 x = 3 Divide both sides by 3.

Check It Out! Example 4 Find the value of x so that PQST is isosceles. Trap. with pair base s   isosc. trap. Q  S mQ = mS Def. of  s Substitute 2x2 + 19 for mQ and 4x2 – 13 for mS. 2x2 + 19 = 4x2 – 13 Subtract 2x2 and add 13 to both sides. 32 = 2x2 Divide by 2 and simplify. x = 4 or x = –4

Example 5: Finding Lengths Using Midsegments Find EF. Trap. Midsegment Thm. Substitute the given values. EF = 10.75 Solve.

Substitute the given values. Check It Out! Example 5 Find EH. Trap. Midsegment Thm. 1 16.5 = (25 + EH) 2 Substitute the given values. Simplify. 33 = 25 + EH Multiply both sides by 2. 13 = EH Subtract 25 from both sides.