Exploring Parallelograms Inside Quadrilaterals

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Discover the fascinating pattern of creating identical parallelograms inside different quadrilaterals by bisecting and connecting midpoints. Explore their properties, similarities, area relationships, and the intriguing coincidence of having identical areas. Uncover the mathematical secrets within the shapes.

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Parallelogram in Quadrilateral

Using a compass, bisect each side of the quadrilateral and mark its midpoint. Join these midpoints, in order, to form a new quadrilateral inside the original one. What do you notice about your new quadrilateral? Repeat the process on another quadrilateral. Compare your results with others. Can you prove anything you discover? What similarities do these parallelograms have? What s the area of the parallelogram? What s the area of the quadrilateral? Can you prove the relationship? How could you draw more quadrilaterals with exactly the same property?

All of the quadrilaterals are different in shape But all of the parallelograms are identical! Can you explain this? All of the quadrilaterals are similar in some respects. Which respects? The midpoints of each side are coincident They all have the same area Can you prove why the area is the same?

What is the area of the parallelogram compared to the area of the enveloping quadrilateral? ? ? ? ?

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