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When you studied geometry in high school, was the kite shape covered?

Asked by LostInParadise (32197

) January 26th, 2024
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Geometry is one branch of mathematics that I have stayed away from and I would like to know more about it. Though I would like eventually cover non-Euclidean geometries, I am reviewing the basics with a book Geometry for Dummies.

I am familiar with most of the material so far, but they mention the kite shape as a special type of quadrilateral, which was not mentioned in my high school class. One thing of interest is that a rhombus is both a type of parallelogram and a type of kite, so it has properties that combine the two.

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ragingloli (52248

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I loved geometry since 6th grade. I recall kite shape being covered in one class.
The kite is a quadrilateral that has two pairs of equal adjacent sides that are equal in length. When all sides have equal length, the kite will also be a rhombus. When all angles are right angles (90°), the kite will also be a square.

Forever_Free (8962

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I don’t remember studying it, but that might be my memory.

I think of a kite as being a smaller triangle on top than on the bottom. The bottom part is more elongated.

JLeslie (65763

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We studied quadrilaterals, including those where the sides were not parallel, but were symmetrical along the longest diagonal. That was closer to a “kite shape” (also known as a “diamond”) than a rhombus.

zenvelo (39546

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You know, from my years of teaching and such, I have a number of textbooks and I’ve been wanting to go back and review my geometry as a precursor to reviewing some higher maths. And now I’m going to have to look for this very question.

LifeQuestioner (4240

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It was covered, but I don’t remember it having a name, or getting any special attention, or having any discussed theorems about it, but I could be mis-remembering . . .

Oh, hmm . . . I might actually have my 9th grade geometry textbook lying around . . . if I see it, I’ll take a look.

A traditional “kite” is essentially not a parallelogram, and only symmetrical along the center axis. It’s two line segments that cross at right angles, the shorter one equally bisected, and then the corners connected.

Zaku (30584

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Yes with Mr Holton, that was 60 years ago. Trig for land surveying. . . . .

Tropical_Willie (31450

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@Zaku , The diagonals of kites are at right angles. The diagonals of parallelograms bisect each other. Therefore the diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

LostInParadise (32197

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