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