PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Kite properties

Dependencies: SSS congruence, Isoceles: median, altitude, bisector coincide.

Statement

Let the quadrilateral ABCDABCD satisfy the two pairs of equal adjacent sides:

AB=AD,CB=CD.AB = AD,\qquad CB = CD.

Such a quadrilateral is called a kite, with ACAC its axis diagonal (joining the two common vertices AA, CC of the adjacent-side pairs) and BDBD its cross diagonal. Then

AC⊥BD,BP=DP,∠BAC=∠DAC,∠BCA=∠DCA,AC \perp BD,\qquad BP = DP,\qquad \angle BAC = \angle DAC,\qquad \angle BCA = \angle DCA,

where P=AC∩BDP = AC \cap BD. In other words, the diagonal ACAC is the perpendicular bisector of BDBD, and it bisects the apex angles ∠BAD\angle BAD and ∠BCD\angle BCD.

Kite ABCD (AB = AD, CB = CD): AC \perp BD at P, BP = DP, \angle BAC = \angle DAC.

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