Data : AC and BD are chords of a circle bisect each other at ‘O’.
To Prove:
(i) AC and BD are diameters.
(ii) ABCD is a rectangle.
Construction: AB, BC, CD and DA are joined.
Proof: In ∆AOB and ∆COD,
AO = OC (Data) BO = OD (Data)
∠AOB = ∠COD (vertically opposite angles)
∴ ∆AOB ≅ ∆COD (SAS postulate)
∴ ∠OAB = ∠OCD
These are pair of alternate angles.
∴ AB || CD and AB = CD.
∴ ABCD is a parallelogram.
∴ ∠BAD = ∠BCD (Opposite angles of parallelogram) But.
∠BAD + ∠BCD = 180 (∵ Angles of cyclic quadrilateral)
∠BAD + ∠BAD = 180
2(∠BAD) = 180
∴ ∠BAD = \(\frac{180}{2}\)
∴ ∠BAD = 90°.
If angles of a quadrilateral are right angles it is rectangle. ABCD is a recrtangle.
∠BAD = 90°
∠BAD is separated from chord BD.
∴ This is the angl in semicircle.
∴ Chord BD is a diameter.
Similarly, ∠ADC = 90°
∴ Chord AC is a diameter.
