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The diagonals of a parallelogram are not perpendicular. Is it a rhombus? Why or why not?

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diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at a right angle
.so a parallelogram is a rhombus only when its diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
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  2. Fill in the blanks, in each of the following, so as to make the stat...

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  7. Construct a rhombus whose diagonals are of length 10cm and 6cm.

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  9. One side of a rhombus is a length of 4cm and the length of an altitu...

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  11. One side of a rhombus is of length 4cm and the length of an altitud...

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  12. Draw a rhombus A B C D , if A B=6c m\ a n d\ A C=5c mdot

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  14. Show that each diagonal of a rhombus bisects the angle through which i...

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  18. P Q R S is a square. P R and S Q intersect at Odot State the measure o...

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  19. In Figure, P Q R S is a square. Determine /S R Pdot

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  20. A B C D is a rectangle with /B A C=32^0dot Determine /D B Cdot

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