RHOMBUS

• IS A PARALLELOGRAM WITH
FOUR CONGRUENT SIDES.
WHAT IS THE THOREM 4
ON RHOMBUS?
• EACH DIAGONAL OF A RHOMBUS
BISECTS OPPOSITE ANGLES.
REFLEXIVE PROPERTY
• THE REFLEXIVE PROPERTY OF
CONGRUENCE STATES THAT ANY
GEOMETRIC FIGURE IS
CONGRUENT TO ITSELF.
SSS CONRUENCE POSTULATE
• Triangles are congruent if
all three sides in one
triangle are congruent to
the corresponding sides in
the other.
CPCTC
• CORRESPONDING PARTS OF
CONGRUENT TRIANGLES ARE
CONGRUENT.
• COMMONLY USED AT OR NEAR THE
END OF A PROOF WHICH ASKS
THE STUDENT TO SHOW THAT
TWO ANGLES OR TWO SIDE ARE
CONGRUENT.
TWO-COLUMN FORM
• A MATHEMATICAL PROOF MAY BE
WRITTEN USING PARAGRAPH, TOW
COLUMNS, OR USING A FLOW
CHART. THE TWO-COLUMN PROOF
IS THE METHOD WE USE TO
PRESENT A LOGICAL ARGUMENT
USING A TABLE WITH TWO
COLUMNS. IMPORTANT
INFORMATION IS USUALLY GIVEN
TO HELP BEGIN A PROOF AND
USUALLY THE STARTING POINT OF
ALL PROOFS.
 V 3 W
GIVEN: VWXY 4
PROVE: ∠1 ≅ ∠2
∠3 ≅ ∠4
1
2
Y X

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. 1. GIVEN

2. YV ≅ VW;WX ≅ XY 2.

3 3. REFLEXIVE PROPERTY

4. YVW ≅ WXY 4.

5. ∠1 ≅ ∠2; ∠3 ≅ ∠4 5.
 V 3 W
GIVEN: VWXY 4
PROVE: ∠1 ≅ ∠2
∠3 ≅ ∠4
1
2
Y X

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. VWXY 1. GIVEN

2. YV ≅ VW;WX ≅ XY 2.

3 3. REFLEXIVE PROPERTY

4. YVW ≅ WXY 4.

5. ∠1 ≅ ∠2; ∠3 ≅ ∠4 5.
 V 3 W
GIVEN: VWXY 4
PROVE: ∠1 ≅ ∠2
∠3 ≅ ∠4
1
2
Y X

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. VWXY 1. GIVEN

2. YV ≅ VW;WX ≅ XY 2. DEFINITION OF RHOMBUS

3 3. REFLEXIVE PROPERTY

4. YVW ≅ WXY 4.

5. ∠1 ≅ ∠2; ∠3 ≅ ∠4 5.
 V 3 W
GIVEN: VWXY 4
PROVE: ∠1 ≅ ∠2
∠3 ≅ ∠4
1
2
Y X

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. VWXY 1. GIVEN

2. YV ≅ VW;WX ≅ XY 2. DEFINITION OF RHOMBUS

3. WY ≅ YW 3. REFLEXIVE PROPERTY

4. YVW ≅ WXY 4.

5. ∠1 ≅ ∠2; ∠3 ≅ ∠4 5.
 V 3 W
GIVEN: VWXY 4
PROVE: ∠1 ≅ ∠2
∠3 ≅ ∠4
1
2
Y X

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. VWXY 1. GIVEN

2. YV ≅ VW;WX ≅ XY 2. DEFINITION OF RHOMBUS

3. WY ≅ YW 3. REFLEXIVE PROPERTY

4. YVW ≅ WXY 4. SSS CONGRUENCE POSTULATE

5. ∠1 ≅ ∠2; ∠3 ≅ ∠4 5.
 V 3 W
GIVEN: VWXY 4
PROVE: ∠1 ≅ ∠2
∠3 ≅ ∠4
1
2
Y X

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. VWXY 1. GIVEN

2. YV ≅ VW;WX ≅ XY 2. DEFINITION OF RHOMBUS

3. WY ≅ YW 3. REFLEXIVE PROPERTY

4. YVW ≅ WXY 4. SSS CONGRUENCE POSTULATE

5. ∠1 ≅ ∠2; ∠3 ≅ ∠4 5. CPCTC