Notes 4-3: Rectangles, Rhombi, Squares and Their Conditions

Because a rectangle is a special type of parallelogram, it has all of the properties

of a parallelogram. However, the diagonals of a rectangle have an additional
special relationship.
Name the diagonals of rectangle
LMNO: ___________________
L M
Find the length of each diagonal:

O N
Thus, we can say that if a parallelogram
is a rectangle, then its
diagonals are _____________________.

So rectangles have seven properties…

Properties: Picture:
1. Opposite sides are ___________.

2. Opposite sides ______________.

3. Opposite angles _____________.

4. Consecutive angles are

____________________.

5. Diagonals _____________ each

other.

6. It has four ____________ angles.

7. Diagonals are _______________.

EXAMPLE 1 Quadrilateral ABCD is a rectangle. AC = 4x – 13 and

DP = x + 7. Find AC. A B

D C

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EXAMPLE 2 Use the rectangle KLMN and the given information
to find the following.

K 1 L m∠1 = 70°
8
7 2
m∠2 = _____ m∠3 = ______
m∠4 = _____ m∠5 = ______
9 10 m∠6 = _____ m∠7 = ______
C
m∠8 = _____ m∠9 = ______

6 3 m∠10 = _____
N 5 4 M

EXAMPLE 3 Quadrilateral RSTU is a rectangle. If m∠RSU =

(3x-5)° and m∠UST = (4x+4)°, find m∠RSU.

R S

U T

EXAMPLE 4 Use the figure below to answer the following.

A) Find N to form rectangle L

LMNO.
M
O
B) Find the intersection of
OM and LN.

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A Rhombus is another special Quadrilateral. What do you already know about a
Rhombus?

The properties of a rhombus are…

PROPERTY: PICTURE:
1. Opposite sides are _____________.

2. Opposite sides are _____________.

3. Opposite angles are ____________.

4. Consecutive angles are _________.

5. Diagonals ___________ each other.

6. All four sides are _______________.

7. Diagonals are _________________.

8. Diagonals bisect _______________.

EXAMPLE 1 If m∠RST = 67°, find m∠RSW.

S T

R V
RSTV is a rhombus.

EXAMPLE 2 Find m∠SVT if m∠STV = 135°.

S T

R V
RSTV is a rhombus.

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EXAMPLE 3 What is m∠SRV if m∠WRV = (5x + 5)° and
m∠WRS = (7x – 19)°?
S T

R V
RSTV is a rhombus.

EXAMPLE 4
In rhombus DLMP, DM = 24, m∠LDO = 43°, and DL = 13. Find each of the
following. L
D

a) OM = _____________ O

b) m∠DOL = ___________
P M
c) m∠DLO = ___________

d) m∠DML = ___________ e) DP = ____________

A SQUARE is a special parallelogram that has all of the combined

properties of:

EXAMPLE 5 MATH is a square. M A

a) If MA = 8, then AT = ________

b) m∠HST = ________
S

c) m∠MAT = ________
H T

d) m∠MHS = ________

e) If HS = 2, then HA = ________ and MT = ________