( 68 Chap A Limdamental Cone fg of the rhombus : nd Dc, Ms Cin te Han ect nidpoints Proof, Let the vertice’ be ACO, 0), Bim : i 6, For the diagona’ Set a, ihe. oot of theit each other, the coordinates must be equal, Le. 1) Midpoint of At B(a,0) Fig. 1.10.6 ii) Midpoint of BD: o+rheh ate; ye a) ners , 2 iagonals ofa rhombus biseet each other / ‘Thus, the diagonals of @ rho jcular, their slopes must be np, To show that the diagonals are perpendi reciprocal, fc. faro@-9 _ fa=e - f=. farcare) Vato ac’ cma cma anc Thus, since the slopes of AC and BD are negative reciprocals, then the diago- are perpendicular, o Another Solution. The coordinates of C and D may be written in terms of angle of inclination @ . That AD makes with the x - axis. Then in terms of 6, D © oso and 2 = sine a a © = acos 0 “h = asin a | | Thus, we have the coordinates of D as D (a cos 0, asin 0) 6 | Notice that the x coordinate of C is c atc=atacos@ Fig. 1.10.7 Thus we have the coordinates of C as C (a + acos 6, sin 8). The slope of ACIS my = —23in@ _ sing a+acost 1+ cost With B (a, 0), then the slope of BD is asin6~0 Tenn a cost — a = —in8 oso 4] ——. 6088-1 cos O41 = $1 0(6080 +1) sin (cos 8 + 1) = Sin 0(cos © + 1) cos’ 9-1 = 908041 sing Bw. asin __sin@ Acosta cost -1 _ asin? 9