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I've been searching the Internet for "kite" definitions, terms, etc.
The definition of a right kite is that it contains one right angle, which can be either of the vertex angles.
However, the non-vertex angle can also be a right angle (two actually because non-vertex angles are equal).
Would a "right kite" of two 90 degree non-vertex angles have a special term or would it just be called another "right kite"?
Thank you.
Hello, wolf!
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I've been searching the Internet for "kite" definitions, terms, etc.
The definition of a right kite is that it contains one right angle,
which can be either of the vertex angles.
This is true . . . a typical "right kite" might look like this:
Code:*
*90o*
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
*
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However, the non-vertex angle can also be a right angle
(two actually because non-vertex angles are equal).
Would a "right kite" of two 90 degree non-vertex angles have a special name?
Code:o * o
o * | * o
o * | * o
* | *
* | *
o * | * o
o * | * o
o * | * o
* | *
o * | * o
o * | * o
o *|* o
o * o
I don't think it has a special name.
I note that the two halves are inscribed in semicircles.
soroban
Thanks for the reply.
I forgot to post a graphic I made:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...ster/kiteb.gif
All three quadrilaterals are "right kites" with the one on the right having two right angles, which as I have recently learned, has no special mathematical designation. (Happy)