Question

Choose the best answer. The diagonals of a rectangle:A. are the not same lengthB. are double the shortest sideC. are the same lengthD. none of these

Answer 1

We are required to confirm which of the options conform to the properties of the diagonals of a rectangle.

In order to solve this question, we simply need to sketch out a rectangle and analyse its dimensions.

Let us sketch a rectangle with length (L), breadth (B) and diagonals (d1) and (d2)

From the above rectangle PQRS, we have right-angled triangles PRS and QRS which have diagonals d1 and d2 as hypotenuses for each triangle.