Properties of a Rhombus

Rhombus is one of the types of quadrilaterals in which both the pairs of opposite sides are parallel and all the sides are having the same length. Rhombus is also called as an equilateral parallelogram. The rhombus is also called as a diamond. A square is also a rhombus, because the square is a quadrilateral with all sides equal. All the opposite sides of the rhombus is parallel and all the opposite angles are equal. The perpendicular distance between the opposite side and the base of a rhombus is called as the Altitude of a rhombus. The altitude is also mentioned as the height. Properties of a Rhombus Opposite angles of the rhombus have the equal measure. The diagonals of the rhombus intersect each other at right angles. Rhombus has two diagonals that connects the opposite pair of vertices. Know More About What is the Midpoint Formula

Tutorvista.com

Page No. :- 1/7

Rhombus is symmetric along the diagonals. Every rhombus is a parallelogram. All the parallelograms are not a Rhombus. Dual polygon of a rhombus is called as a Rectangle. Sum of the adjacent sides of any rhombus is equal to 180 degree. That is the adjacent angles of a rhombus are supplementary. Area of a Rhombus Area of a Rhombus is same as that of the area of a parallelogram. Area is the product of the base and the height. The Area of a Rhombus Formula is, A=b * h The base of the rhombus is the length of one of its sides and the height is the perpendicular distance between the opposite sides. Perimeter of a RhombusBack to Top The perimeter of a rhombus is the total sum of all the side lengths. All the sides are having equal length in a Rhombus. And so, Perimeter of a Rhombus Formula is, Perimeter = 4s, where s is length of the sides. Example Problems on Rhombus Learn More Adjacent Angles Definition

Tutorvista.com

Page No. :- 2/7

Below are example problems on rhombus Example 1: Find the perimeter of rhombus whose base = 14.5 cm Solution: Base length (b) = 14.5 cm Formula: Perimeter of rhombus (P) = 4 x b units = 4 x 14.5 Perimeter of rhombus (P) = 58 cm Example 2: Find the perimeter of rhombus whose base= 20 cm Solution: Base length (b) = 20 cm Formula: Perimeter of rhombus (P) = 4 x b units = 4 x 20 Perimeter of rhombus (P) = 80 cm

Tutorvista.com

Page No. :- 3/7

Definition of Perpendicular Lines

Two intersecting lines will have four angles formed at the intersection points. If all the four angles are equal, then the two lines are said to be perpendicular to each other. We already know by linear postulate theorem that the two vertically opposite angles are equal. Hence if these two lines are perpendicular, then all four angles are 90 degrees. Examples of perpendicular lines: In the graph paper, The X-axis and Y-axis are perpendicular. In an ellipse two axes, minor axis, and major axis are perpendicular. For a line segment, any shortest line from a point outside the circle is perpendicular. Tangent and normal to any curve are perpendicular lines. Slopes of two perpendicular lines: In coordinate Geometry, when two lines are perpendicular, the product of the slopes of the lines is -1. This property has a lot of applications in finding the equation of perpendicular lines, length of perpendicular segment from a point to a given line, etc. For any curve in a graph with equation y = f(x), the slope of the tangent is defined as the rate of change of y with respect to x at that point. The normal to this curve at this point is perpendicular to the tangent line.

Tutorvista.com

Page No. :- 4/7

Example: In a circle, with centre at the origin and radius 3, the equation will be of the form (x)+(y) = 3. Take any point say (0,3). To find the tangent, we have to find dy/dx. Differentiating, 2x+2y =0 Hence, the slope of the normal is perpendicular to x axis or parallel to y axis. Example for Perpendicular Lines from a Point to a Line Let AB be a line with coordinates (1,2) and (3,4). Measure the length of perpendicular line from (-1,1) to this line segment. We know that the perpendicular line from (-1,1) has a slope of -1/slope of AB. Equation of AB is (x-1)/(3-1) = (y-2)/(4-2) Or x-1 = y-2 Or y = x+1 Slope of AB passing through (1,2) and (3,4) is 4 - 2/3 -1 =1. Slope of perpendicular line to AB is -1. Since the perpendicular line passes through (-1,1) equation of the perpendicular is y-1 = -1(x+1) or y =-x -1 +1 or y = -x. To get the foot of the perpendicular line on AB, we solve the two equations by substitution method. y = x+1 = -x This on simplification gives 2x = -1 or x = -1/2. Since y = -x , we have y = +1/2, Read More About What are Adjacent Angles

Tutorvista.com

Page No. :- 5/7

So, foot of the altitude from the point (-1,1) is (-1/2,1/2). The length of the perpendicular segment is between (-1,1) and (-1/2,1/2) is [ (-1/2+1)+(1/2-1)] = (1/4+1/4) = (1/2) = 1/1.414 = 0.707 approximately.

Tutorvista.com

Page No. :- 6/7

ThankYou

TutorVista.com