TOPIC 6-2: RECTANGLES

RECTANGLE: A parallelogram with four right angles

Because a rectangle is a special type of parallelogram, it has all of the
properties of a parallelogram. They are
1) Opposite sides are parallel
2) Opposite sides are congruent
3) Opposite angles are congruent
4) Consecutie angles are supplementary
!) "iagonals #isect each other
$o%eer, the diagonals of a rectangle hae an additional special
relationship.
Thus, %e can say that if a parallelogram is a rectangle, then its
diagonals are &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.
EXAMPLE 1 Quadrilateral MNOP is a rectangle. MO = 2x 8 and
NP = 23, ind t!e "alue # $x%.
M
N
O P
C
L
M
N O
'ame the diagonals of rectangle ()'O*
+ind the lengths of these diagonals*
O)* ('*
EXAMPLE 2 Quadrilateral &'LM is a rectangle. LP = 3x ( )
and M' = 2*, ind t!e "alue # $x%.
EXAMPLE 3 Quadrilateral A+,- is a rectangle. A, = .x 13 and
-P = x ( ). /ind t!e "alue # $x%.
A
B
C D
P
L
M
J K
P
EXAMPLE . 0se t!e rectangle 'LMN and t!e gi"en in#r1ati#n t#
ind t!e #ll#2ing.
(et,s summari-e
. rectangle has the fie properties of a parallelogram and one
additional property. They are*
1) Opposite sides are parallel
2) Opposite sides are congruent
3) Opposite angles are congruent
4) Consecutive angles are supplementary
5) Diagonals bisect each other
6) Diagonals are congruent
K L
M N
C
1
2
3
4 5
6
7
8
9
10
11 = )3
12 = 4444444444
13 = 4444444444
1. = 4444444444
15 = 4444444444
1* = 4444444444
1) = 23
18 = 4444444444
16 = 4444444444
113 = 4444444444