6.

6 Notes – Trapezoids and Kites

STANDARDS: G.MGA.2 – Apply geometric methods to solve real-world

problems

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: What are the properties of kites and trapezoids?

OBJECTIVES
SWBAT apply properties of kites and trapezoids IOT find missing side and
angle measures
 trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel
A _________
sides. The parallel sides are called _______.
bases The nonparallel
sides are called _____.
legs The ___________
base angles are formed by the
 
base and one of the legs. In trapezoid ABCD, _____________
 
are one pair of base angles and _______________ are the other
pair. If the legs of the trapezoid are congruent, then it is an
isosceles trapezoid
_________________
THEOREMS: _________________
Isosceles Trapezoid
6.21 If a trapezoid is isosceles, then each pair of base
angles is congruent.

EX:
6.22  If a trapezoid has one pair of congruent base angles,
If trapezoid
then it isFGHJ is isosceles,
an isosceles then
trapezoid
EX:
6.23 A trapezoid is isosceles if and only if its diagonals
  are congruent
If , then trapezoid KLMP is isosceles
EX:

 
If trapezoid QRST is isosceles, then
vice versa
 •1.  CAFETERIA TRAYS. To save space at a square table,
cafeteria trays often incorporate trapezoids into their
design. If WXYZ is an isosceles trapezoid and

find each measure.

a. b. c. XZ d. XV
 *Since <Z and <W are  *Since <X and <Z are not  *Since the diagonals  *Since VY (the
base angles, they are base angles, they are are congruent, and top part of that
equal… supplementary (add to we know that the diagonal) is 10,
180). So other diagonal is 25 we know that
(adding 15 and 10),
•2.  Find the measure of h 3. Find the value of x in the trapezoid,
then determine the measure of

*Since they are not base angles, they add

up to 180 (supplementary)
3 𝑥+19+ 𝑥+1=180
 
  4 𝑥 +20=180
 The ones that are NOT on the   4 𝑥= 160
same base add to 180 (you see at
    𝑥 =40
the top 95 and 85, which add to
180), so h is supplementary with
27.
 midsegment of a trapezoid is the segment that
The _______________________
connects the midpoints of the legs of the legs of the
trapezoid.

THEOREM 6.24 ____________________________

Trapezoid Midsegment Theorem
The midsegment of a trapezoid is parallel to each base and
its measure is one half the sum of the lengths of the bases
EX:
 
If is the midsegment of trapezoid ACDF, then
, and
•   In the figure, LH is the midsegment
4. 5. For trapezoid QRST, M and P are
of trapezoid FGJK. What is the value of x? midpoints of the legs. If
Find TS

* 

  1
*  13= (5 𝑥+3+2 𝑥+ 2)
2
  1
15= ( 𝑥+18.2)
2
*multiply both sides
by 2 to get rid of the
  26 =7 𝑥 +5
 30=𝑥 +18.2 fraction…   21=7 𝑥

 11.8= 𝑥   3= 𝑥

 
 kite is a quadrilateral with exactly two pairs of consecutive
A _____
congruent sides. *Unlike a parallelogram, the opposite sides
of a kite are not congruent or parallel.

THEOREMS: ______Kites
6.25 If a quadrilateral is a kite, then its diagonals are
perpendicular
EX:  
If quadrilateral ABCD is a kite, then
6.26 If a quadrilateral is a kite, then exactly one pair
of opposite angles is congruent
EX:  
If quadrilateral JKLM is a kite, and , and
•6.  If FGHJ is a kite, find 7. If WXYZ is a kite, find ZY.

*Since the diagonals

are perpendicular,
they form right
angles. So we are
looking at a right
triangle with sides of
8 and 24…
 *A kite has one pair of congruent angles…
It is the ones that are between the non- We will use the Pythagoream Theorem to find
equal sides. So that means . Since the the missing side ZY.
2 2 2
angles in a quadrilateral add up to 360, we
will subtract both of those angles from
  𝑎 +𝑏 =𝑐
 82 +242 =𝑐 2
360 and divide that by 2 since they are
equal   640 =𝑐 2  *Take the square root of
both sides to get rid of the
25.9=𝑐
 
squared…
 
𝑍𝑌 =25.9
 8. Find the measure of each numbered angle in the kite
 To get <9, we can do

 <7 and <9 are the same, so

 Since the diagonals are perpendicular, we know the 4

angles in the middle are right angles. So

 We can do to get angle 10, so

 Since the 2 triangles on the right form one isosceles
triangle, with those equal sides, <8 is the same as <10, so