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Parallelograms
and Deductive
Proofs |
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Adam has ventured to a
roundabout circling the
great monument. He
wants to drive around to
view the monument but there
is a slight problem. Adam
can only drive faster than
50 mph!!! He thinks
the road might be a perfect
parallelogram as well. The
only thing that Adam could
think to do to manage
the roundabout at 50 mph
was to execute perfect
E-brake turns. He
completed the roundabout
with no problems. Adam
now wants to brag about
what he has done. The
E-brake turns were impressive,
but determining whether
the roundabout is in the
shape of a perfect parallelogram
would really be something!
This diagram represents his trip:
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| Adam proved that ABCD was a parallelogram through the following deductive
proof. |
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