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How do you prove a trapezoid is an isosceles trapezoid?
DEFINITION: An isosceles trapezoid is a trapezoid with congruent base angles. THEOREM: If a quadrilateral (with one set of parallel sides) is an isosceles trapezoid, its legs are congruent. THEOREM: (converse) If a trapezoid has congruent legs, it is an isosceles trapezoid.
What type of trapezoid can be inscribed in a circle?
An isosceles trapezoid. The only way to get a trapezoid inscribed in a circle is by having two parallel secant lines to this circle. The 4 intersections between those parallel lines and the circle can only define an isosceles trapezoid due to the symmetry of the circle.
Which statement is true about isosceles trapezoid?
In any isosceles trapezoid, two opposite sides (the bases) are parallel, and the two other sides (the legs) are of equal length (properties shared with the parallelogram). The diagonals are also of equal length.
How do you describe an isosceles trapezoid?
An isosceles trapezoid (called an isosceles trapezium by the British; Bronshtein and Semendyayev 1997, p. 174) is trapezoid in which the base angles are equal and therefore the left and right side lengths are also equal.
How do you prove a trapezoid is isosceles?
The converse statement is proved in the lesson Two parallel secants to a circle cut off congruent arcs under the topic Circles and their properties of the section Geometry in this site: if the trapezoid is inscribed in a circle, then the trapezoid is isosceles.
Can a trapezoid be inscribed in a circle?
If a trapezoid is isosceles, it can be inscribed in a circle. Prove. Proof. The angles LBAD and LABC concluded between these congruent sides are congruent as the base angles of the isosceles trapezoid (see the lesson. Trapezoids and their base angles under the topic Polygons of the section Geometry in this site).
How to find the height of a trapezoid from the semicircle?
Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution. Approach: Let r be the radius of the semicircle, x be the lower edge of the trapezoid, and y the upper edge, & h be the height of the trapezoid.
How do you find the radius of a trapezium in triangle ACL?
The circle will always touch the sides of trapezium at their midpoints, Say the midpoints of AB, BD, CD, AC are G, F, H, E and join them with the centre of the circle. Now in Triangle ACL apply the Pythagoras theorem . Now the radius of the circle is simple half of the height and hence the area can be calculated easily.