Question

For a quadrilateral to be a rhombus, the diagonals ______________ and ______________.

first blank choices:
must be congruent
must not be congruent
can be congruent or not congruent

second blank choices:
must be perpendicular
must not be perpendicular
can be perpendicular or not perpendicular

Answer 1

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Answer:

• can be congruent or not congruent
• must be perpendicular

Explanation:

The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors of each other. If they are congruent, the rhombus is a square.

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• can be congruent or not congruent
• must be perpendicular

We would like to point out that these descriptors also apply to a kite. The figure will only be a rhombus if the diagonals bisect each other (as for any parallelogram).