Posted by: bluesfan1 October 8, 2008
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Isosceles trapezoid by definition has its non-parallel sides and base angles equal. Consider an isosceles trapezoid ABCD with base angles <ADC = <BCD, non-parallel sides AD = BC and AB//CD
A cyclic quadrilateral has opposite angles supplementary i.e. <ADC + <ABC = 180 and <DAB + <BCD=180
Since AB//CD and AD & DC are transverse lines
<DAB + <ADC=180 and <ABC + <BCD = 180
Since <ADC = <BCD
<DAB + <ADC = <DAB + <BCD =180
Similarly, <ADC + <ABC = 180
so an isosceles trapezoid is a cyclic quadrilateral.
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