Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery

Exploring Special Quadrilaterals

Lesson 14

Topics
x Properties of parallelograms.
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Results
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x The diagonals of a square bisect one another, are congruent, and are perpendicular. Conversely, if a
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Summary
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lesson, we explore the implications of imposing conditions on the diagonals of a quadrilateral.