Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Kites and Trapezoids

Kites:
-A kite is a quadrilateral that has two pairs of congruent sides.
Properties of Kites:
1. A kite's diagonals are perpendicular
2. Only one pair of opposite angles are congruent.

Trapezoids:
-A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides.
Terms of Trapezoids:
1. Base: Each of the parallel sides.
2. Leg: The nonparallel sides.
3. Base Angles: Two consecutive angles whose common side is a base.
Isosceles Trapezoids:
1. Each pair of base angles are congruent.
2. Is isosceles if has one pair of base angles.
3. Diagonals are congruent.

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