True or false:
A deltoid is composed of an isosceles triangle and a right triangle.
True or false:
A deltoid is composed of an isosceles triangle and a right triangle.
In order to answer the question asked first, we need to recall some properties of the deltoid. For this purpose, let's draw deltoid where we connect every two non-adjacent vertices (meaning - draw the diagonals) and mark the intersection of the diagonals with the letter :
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:
b. The diagonals in a deltoid are perpendicular to each other:
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: are isosceles - (from property a' mentioned earlier):
Or can be described as composed of four right triangles, since triangles: are right triangles (from property b' mentioned earlier):
Therefore, the correct answer is answer a'.
False.