PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Rhombus — diagonals perpendicularly bisect each other and bisect the angles

Dependencies: Isoceles: median, altitude, bisector coincide.

Statement

Let ABCDABCD be a rhombus — i.e. a quadrilateral with four equal sides (definition recorded in rhombus-four-sides-equal):

∣AB∣=∣BC∣=∣CD∣=∣DA∣.|AB| = |BC| = |CD| = |DA|.

Let the diagonals ACAC and BDBD meet at OO. Then:

  1. They are perpendicular: AC⊥BDAC \perp BD;
  2. They bisect each other: ∣OA∣=∣OC∣|OA| = |OC| and ∣OB∣=∣OD∣|OB| = |OD|;
  3. They bisect the angles: ACAC bisects ∠BAD\angle BAD and ∠BCD\angle BCD; BDBD bisects ∠ABC\angle ABC and ∠ADC\angle ADC.

Rhombus ABCD, with diagonals AC, BD meeting at O, AC \perp BD and bisecting each other.

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