ABCD is a rectangle and P, Q, R and S are mid-points of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Show that the quadrilateral PQRS is a rhombus.

Let us join AC and BD.

In ΔABC,


P and Q are the mid-points of AB and BC respectively



PQ || AC and PQ = AC (Mid-point theorem) (1)


Similarly in ΔADC,


SR || AC and SR = AC (Mid-point theorem) (2)


Clearly,


PQ || SR and PQ = SR


Since in quadrilateral PQRS, one pair of opposite sides is equal and parallel to each other, it is a parallelogram


PS || QR and PS = QR (Opposite sides of parallelogram) (3)


In ΔBCD, Q and R are the mid-points of side BC and CD respectively.


QR || BD and QR = BD (Mid-point theorem) (4)


However, the diagonals of a rectangle are equal.


AC = BD (5)


By using equation (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), we obtain


PQ = QR = SR = PS


Therefore, PQRS is a rhombus


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