Rectangle Geometry: Is Side BD Perpendicular to DC?

Question

Is side BD perpendicular to DC in the rectangle shown below?

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Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Is BD perpendicular to CD?
00:03 A perpendicular creates a right angle at the intersection point between the lines
00:06 In a rectangle, all angles are right angles
00:11 There is a right angle between BD and CD, therefore they are perpendicular
00:15 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

As we know, in a rectangle all angles are equal to 90 degrees.

Let's mark all the angles in the rectangle:

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Now, let's find the intersection point of side BD and side DC and draw T as follows:

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We should note that indeed the lines form a 90-degree angle, and therefore the lines are perpendicular.

Answer

Yes