Rhombus
Students:
The applet below contains a quadrilateral that ALWAYS remains a rhombus.
Be sure to move the BIG BLUE VERTICES of this rhombus around as you answer each investigation question!
Which of the following statements is true about the diagonals of a rhombus?
Observe , , and in the above applet. What do you observe?
What is true about the sides of a rhombus?
See the measure of the angles made at the point of intersection of the diagonals. What do you observe?
Is a rhombus a parallelogram? Give three reasons to support your answer.