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The coordinates of quadrilateral ABCD are A(3,4), B(2,7), C(2,8), and D(5,3). Do thediagonals bisect each other?

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The image below shoes the given quadrilateral.

An important fact we need to know is that diagonals bisect when we have a symmetrical quadrilateral. As you can see in the image above, the quadrilateral is not symmetrical, it's not square like nor rectangle like.

Therefore, its diagonals don't intersect.

The coordinates of quadrilateral ABCD are A(3,4), B(2,7), C(2,8), and D(5,3). Do thediagonals-example-1
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