Choose the best answer. The diagonals of a rhombus:

Question

1. A. bisect each other at right angles
2. B. are the same length and intersect at a right angle
3. C. are the same length and intersect at different angles
4. D. bisect each other and intersect at different angles

Answer 1

a rhombus is a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides. A square is a quadrilateral

A is the correct answer. The diagonals intersect, and bisect, at right angles,

while all quadrilaterals are not squares, it may help to visualize or sketch a square.

the rhombus is usually sort of a flattened square

other rhombuses are quadrilaterals made up of two similar isosceles triangles sharing the same base

B and C are wrong as the diagonals are not the same length, except with a square

B is half correct, in that they intersect at right angles, but they aren't the same length (except for a square)

C is totally wrong. they aren't the same length (except for a square) and they don't intersect at different angles

D is half right. They bisect each other, but not at different angles They always intersect at the same right angles.

Answer 2

The characteristics of a rhombus are the same as those of a parallelogram. Look them up in your text book.