Deltoid Composition Analysis: Isosceles and Right Triangle Properties

True or false:

A deltoid is composed of an isosceles triangle and a right triangle.

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True or false:

A deltoid is composed of an isosceles triangle and a right triangle.

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In order to answer the question we must recall some properties of the deltoid. For this purpose, let's draw the deltoid ABCD ABCD where we connect every two non-adjacent vertices (meaning - draw the diagonals) and mark the intersection of the diagonals with the letter E E :

AAABBBCCCDDDEEE

Let's recall two properties of the deltoid that will help us answer the question ( from the previous drawing):

a. Definition of a deltoid - A deltoid is a convex quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent equal sides:

BA=BCDA=DC BA=BC\\ DA=DC

b. The diagonals in a deltoid are perpendicular to each other:

ACBDBEA=AED=DEC=CEB=90° AC\perp BD\\ \updownarrow\\ \sphericalangle BEA= \sphericalangle AED= \sphericalangle DEC= \sphericalangle CEB=90\degree

Now we can clearly answer the question that was asked, and the answer is that the deltoid can indeed be described as composed of two isosceles triangles since triangles: ABC,ADC \triangle ABC,\hspace{6pt}\triangle ADC are isosceles - (from property a' mentioned earlier):

AAABBBCCCDDDEEE

Or can be described as composed of four right triangles, since triangles: AEB,CEB,AED,CED \triangle AEB,\hspace{6pt}\triangle CEB,\hspace{6pt}\triangle AED,\hspace{6pt}\triangle CED are right triangles (from property b' mentioned earlier):

AAABBBCCCDDDEEE

Therefore, the correct answer is answer a'.

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Final Answer

False.

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