Let the vertices of the quadrilateral be ,
,
and
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Plot the vertices in a coordinate plane and connect the quadrilateral.
\Graph :
\ \Each two vertices form a line segment.
\Find the slopes of three sides of the quadrilateral.
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,
,
are sides and
and
are diagonals of the quadrilateral.
The formula for slope is .
Find the slopes of sides of quadrilateral.
\Find the slope of .
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Find the slope of .
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Find the slope of .
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Find the slope of .
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Find the diagonals slopes of quadrilateral.
\Find the slope of .
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Find the slope of .
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Observe that, the slopes of opposite sides of quadrilateral are equal.
\The slopes of the diagonals of quadrilateral are different.
Parallel lines slopes are equal.
\Perpendicular lines slopes are negative reciprocal to each other.
\The opposite sides of the quadrilateral are parallel and diagonals are not perpendicular.
\Therefore, and
are the vertices of parallelogram.
and
are the vertices of parallelogram.