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Rhombi and Squares
What You’ll Learn
Scan the text in Lesson 6-5. Write two facts you learned
about rhombi and squares.
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Active Vocabulary
New Vocabulary Label the diagrams with the correct terms.
rhombus
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square
Vocabulary Link A square is a shape that you learn at a very
early age. Name some everyday items that are shaped like a
square. Can you name any items that are shaped like a
rhombus?
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Lesson 6-5 (continued)
Main Idea
Properties of Rhombi
and Squares
pp. 426–428
Details
Use the properties of rhombi to solve for x in
rhombus ABCD.
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AD = 8x - 11
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DC = 5x + 13
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What property of rhombi can you use to
help you solve for x?
Use the property to write an equation.
Check
Prove That
Quadrilaterals Are
Rhombi or Squares
pp. 428–430
Describe how you could prove that RS2 = RV2 + SV2 in
rhombus RSTU.
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Solve for x.