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If the quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then the midpoints of the diagonals coincide so that the connecting line segment has length 0. In addition the parallel sides are of equal length, hence Euler's theorem reduces to + = + which is the parallelogram law.
An arbitrary quadrilateral and its diagonals. Bases of similar triangles are parallel to the blue diagonal. Ditto for the red diagonal. The base pairs form a parallelogram with half the area of the quadrilateral, A q, as the sum of the areas of the four large triangles, A l is 2 A q (each of the two pairs reconstructs the quadrilateral) while that of the small triangles, A s is a quarter of A ...
Varignon's theorem holds that the midpoints of the sides of an arbitrary quadrilateral are the vertices of a parallelogram, called its Varignon parallelogram. If the quadrilateral is convex or concave (that is, not self-intersecting), then the area of the Varignon parallelogram is half the area of the quadrilateral.
In any quadrilateral, the four edge midpoints form a parallelogram, the Varignon parallelogram, whose sides are parallel to the diagonals and half their length.It follows that, in an equidiagonal and orthodiagonal quadrilateral, the sides of the Varignon parallelogram are equal-length and perpendicular; that is, it is a square.
In geometry, the Newton–Gauss line (or Gauss–Newton line) is the line joining the midpoints of the three diagonals of a complete quadrilateral.. The midpoints of the two diagonals of a convex quadrilateral with at most two parallel sides are distinct and thus determine a line, the Newton line.
If the two sums of areas of opposite triangles are equal: | | + | | = | | + | |, then the point L is located on the Newton line, that is the line which connects E and F. [1] [2] For a parallelogram, the Newton line does not exist since both midpoints of the diagonals coincide with point of intersection of the diagonals.
E, K, F lie on a common line, the Newton line Not to be confused with Newton-Gauss line or Isaac Newton line . In Euclidean geometry the Newton line is the line that connects the midpoints of the two diagonals in a convex quadrilateral with at most two parallel sides.
Given such a configuration the point P is located on the Newton line, that is line EF connecting the midpoints of the diagonals. [1] A tangential quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides is a rhombus. In this case, both midpoints and the center of the incircle coincide, and by definition, no Newton line exists.