Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
CBSE Class 10 Maths PYQ · Circles · Quad & Circle · 5 Marks · March 2023 · Standard
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Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
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ABCD is a parallelogram touching the circle at P, Q, R, S by sides AB, BC, CD, DA respectively. We know that tangents drawn from the external point to a circle are equal. $\therefore AP = AS$ quad --------(i) $PB = BQ$ quad --------(ii) $CR = CQ$ quad --------(iii) $DR = DS$ quad ---------(iv) Adding (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) $(AP + PB) + (CR + DR) = (AS + DS) + (BQ + CQ)$ $AB + CD = AD + BC$ ABCD is a parallelogram $\Rightarrow AB = CD, AD = BC$ $\Rightarrow 2AB = 2AD \Rightarrow AB = AD$ $\Rightarrow \text{ABCD is a rhombus.}$