Question 2 - Page 104 - Joining Triangles - Chapter 4 Class 8 - Quadrilaterals (Ganita Prakash)

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Question 2 – Page 104 Take two cardboard cutouts of an isosceles triangle with sidelengths 8 cm, 8 cm, and 6 cm. What are the different ways they can be joined to get a quadrilateral? What quadrilaterals are these? Justify your answers. Let’s join them in two different ways We notice that quadrilateral has All sides equal Angles not equal to 90° Both diagonals seem different sizes Thus, the quadrilateral is a Rhombus We notice that quadrilateral has Opposite sides equal Angles not equal to 90° Both diagonals seem different sizes Thus, the quadrilateral is a Parallelogram