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Given: ABCD is a rhombus; AC and BD intersect at E.
To prove: AC⊥BD
In rhombus, ABCD
AC and BD intersect each Other at E (Given)
In `/_\ABE and /_\ADE`
AB=AD (sides of a rhombus)
BE=DE (Diagonals bisect each other)
AE common
`:. /_\ABE=/_\ADE`
`:.AEB+AED` (CPCT)
`/_AEB+/_AED=180^@` (Linear pair)
`=>AEB=AED= 180/2 =90^@`
Hence, AC and BD are perpendicular to each other.
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