Question

Help? Fan and also Testimonial.

Answer 1

@Directrix

Answer 2

I get it but i just dont know what to put for an answer haha im all mixed up .-.

Answer 3

A rhombus has 4 congruent sides.

Answer 4

So, for the proof, that gives two sides of one triangle congruent to two sides of the other.

Answer 5

What side do the two triangles share?

Answer 6

@Here_to_Help15

Answer 7

They are congruent?

Answer 8

Sorry i am not very great at geometry :/

Answer 9

Look at the diagram.

Answer 10

There are two triangles.

Answer 11

yes i see

Answer 12

They share a side.

They have a side in common.

Answer 13

Name that side.

Answer 14

BC=AD?

Answer 15

Look at the attached diagram.

Which side is BOTH blue and green?

Answer 16

Oh lol i feel like a idiot 0.o A and C

Answer 17

Segment AC is the side they share.

So, Segment AC is congruent to Segment AC will be a step in the proof.

A segment is congruent to itself by the reflexive property.

Answer 18

Then, with the other two pairs of congruent sides, the triangles will be congruent by SSS Postulate.

That is the gist of how the proof will go.

Answer 19

gist?

Answer 20

2nd definition at:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gist

Answer 21

haha i just searched it up but thanks

Answer 22

2: the main point or part : essence <the gist of an argument>

Answer 23

Ok at the end of this post can you help me sum it up?

Answer 24

I will sum it up

Answer 25

you just tell me if im correct

Answer 26

Look in your text to see how a rhombus is defined. There are two or three different correct ways.

But, how it is defined in your text will determine how the first step or two of the proof will go.

Answer 27

Is that all?

Answer 28

I need the definition from your text.
Then, I'll write the steps and leave the reasons for you.

Answer 29

Oki lemme grab them

Answer 30

So, what is it? Look in the glossary.

Answer 31

It says a rhombus is a parallelogram with four congruent sides

Answer 32

Okay.

Answer 33

Oh and i see you have no mathlete or at least human calculator mind if i ask why?

Answer 34

Steps
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1.Quadrilateral ABCD is a rhombus

2. Seg AB ≅ Seg CD; Seg CB ≅ Seg AD

3. Seg AC ≅ Seg CA

4. Tri ABC ≅ Tri CDA

Answer 35

um whats those question marks thinga majig?

Answer 36

>> i see you have no mathlete or at least human calculator mind if i ask why?

I did not unwrap them.

Answer 37

Now, it's your turn to get to work on the reasons.

Answer 38

@Here_to_Help15

If you post them here, I'll check them if you'd like that.

Answer 39

Ok thaks

Answer 40

All sides of a rhombus are equal in measure, so AB is congruent to AD and BC is congruent to DC. Then BD is congruent to BD by reflexive equality. Hence ABC is congruent to CDA by SSS.

Answer 41

That is close enough for government work.

Answer 42

goverment work?

Answer 43

government @@Directrix

Answer 44

Look it up. I'm helping you with vocab here.

Answer 45

lol

Answer 46

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/close_enough_for_government_work

Answer 47

But how are you referring it to me?

Answer 48

At the beginning of your proof, you should establish that you are given a rhombus.
Then, mention about the sides being equal in measure.

The theorem you are proving is this:

A diagonal of a rhombus divides the rhombus into two congruent triangles.