i My 4 all i i wee va . he coordinate ax, Concer! sides on U ay sap 1 Lundamental jh its (WO ib an ce the square of enh a with Pla Fig. 1102. label wn verties as indicated in te ‘togonals sive Lo le he vette lope of nme! : Fe oaals of a square are PErPendicy, me 0 , diag oo jprocal, then the ase Seni ince the slopes are negative FeCl" et i the midpo ne Example 1.10.3. Prove oh ie es sides of a quadrilateral form a parallelog Se 2 Proof, Place the quater a 103. ys 1 the vertices as ine Eats of — Conputng te coordinates of the midpoin! each side gives “ota a( : i 7 idpoint of AD = M| 55 midpoint oh ie arb midpoint of AB = see. 9} d cte © midpoint of DC = Q| 5» bed © midpoint of BC = aes, 3 To compute the slopes of the sides NM, MQ, QR and NR, we have Mn = 33 dara B 2 2 Since may = May, then NM || QR. Also, since Mg are two paits of opposite sides parallel, then quadrilat Example 1.104, py ample 1.104, Prove analyti Segment joining the midpoint of two eral “ides 7 Tangle is Parallel tothe third side and half as lone’ ot jong, Proof. For conveni a ence, i . its vertices on the coordinate See in ryegle with as indicated in Fig. Vie, label the vertices midpoints of the sides AC and Bo, 1¢, *° CO™PULE the = My, then MQ || NR. Since # feral MNRQ is a parallelogram Ao) Fie. 1.10.4