Deltoid Composition Analysis: Isosceles and Right Triangle Properties

Question

True or false:

A deltoid is composed of an isosceles triangle and a right triangle.

Video Solution

Step-by-Step Solution

In order to answer the question asked first, we need to recall some properties of the deltoid. For this purpose, let's draw deltoid ABCD ABCD where we connect every two non-adjacent vertices (meaning - draw the diagonals) and mark the intersection of the diagonals with the letter E E :

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Let's recall two properties of the deltoid that will help us answer the question (markings from the previous drawing):

a. Definition of a deltoid - A deltoid is a convex quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent equal sides:

BA=BCDA=DC BA=BC\\ DA=DC

b. The diagonals in a deltoid are perpendicular to each other:

ACBDBEA=AED=DEC=CEB=90° AC\perp BD\\ \updownarrow\\ \sphericalangle BEA= \sphericalangle AED= \sphericalangle DEC= \sphericalangle CEB=90\degree

Now we can clearly answer the question that was asked, and the answer is that the deltoid can indeed be described as composed of two isosceles triangles since triangles: ABC,ADC \triangle ABC,\hspace{6pt}\triangle ADC are isosceles - (from property a' mentioned earlier):

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Or can be described as composed of four right triangles, since triangles: AEB,CEB,AED,CED \triangle AEB,\hspace{6pt}\triangle CEB,\hspace{6pt}\triangle AED,\hspace{6pt}\triangle CED are right triangles (from property b' mentioned earlier):

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Therefore, the correct answer is answer a'.

Answer

False.

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