Where are the angles?!

Geometry Level 1

Let A B C D ABCD be a quadrilateral.

P P , Q Q , R R , S S are midpoints of A B AB , B C BC , C D CD and A D AD respectively.

Given that P R = Q S PR = QS , find angle S P Q SPQ [in degrees].


The answer is 90.

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1 solution

Consider my approach...

Join P, Q, Rand S...

Now join AC and DB...

Since, SR is a line joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, it will be parallel to the third side...

Moreover...

D S S A \frac{DS}{SA} = D R R C \frac{DR}{RC} = S R A C \frac{SR}{AC} = 1 2 \frac{1}{2}

Therefore, SR is half of AC...

The same can be done for SP, PQ and QR..

After this we will get that SR = PQ = S R A C \frac{SR}{AC}

and, SP = RQ = R Q D B \frac{RQ}{DB}

Now we get that PQRS is a parallelogram but it's diagonals are equal which proves that PQRS is either a rectangle or a square..

... but either of the two will give angle SPQ = 90 \boxed{90*}

hence proved....

assume it is a square

math man - 6 years, 8 months ago

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Hahahaha.... Yup!

Geoff Pilling - 2 years, 4 months ago

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