Here are the drawings and properties for each quadrilateral:
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Kite
- Drawing: Imagine a shape with four vertices. Connect two pairs of adjacent sides so that each pair has equal length. For example, if the vertices are A, B, C, D in order, then AB = AD and CB = CD. The shape will look like a traditional kite.
- Properties:
- Two distinct pairs of adjacent sides are equal in length.
- One pair of opposite angles are equal.
- The diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
- One diagonal bisects the other diagonal.
- One diagonal bisects the angles at the vertices it connects.
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Trapezium (also known as Trapezoid)
- Drawing: Draw a quadrilateral where only one pair of opposite sides are parallel. The other two sides are not parallel.
- Properties:
- Exactly one pair of opposite sides are parallel.
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Parallelogram
- Drawing: Draw a quadrilateral where both pairs of opposite sides are parallel. It looks like a "slanted" rectangle.
- Properties:
- Opposite sides are parallel.
- Opposite sides are equal in length.
- Opposite angles are equal.
- Consecutive angles are supplementary (add up to 180∘).
- The diagonals bisect each other.
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Rhombus
- Drawing: Draw a parallelogram where all four sides are equal in length. It looks like a "slanted" square.
- Properties:
- All four sides are equal in length.
- Opposite sides are parallel.
- Opposite angles are equal.
- The diagonals bisect each other at right angles (90∘).
- The diagonals bisect the angles at the vertices.
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Rectangle
- Drawing: Draw a parallelogram where all four angles are right angles (90∘).
- Properties:
- All four angles are right angles (90∘).
- Opposite sides are parallel and equal in length.
- The diagonals are equal in length.
- The diagonals bisect each other.
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