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6. Trapezoids and Kites
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Exercise 10 Page 526

If a quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid, then its diagonals are congruent.

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We want to find the measure of JL in KLMJ.

Note that two opposite sides are parallel and other two, are not parallel, but are congruent. We can conclude that quadrilateral is isosceles trapezoid. Recall that if a quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid, then its diagonals are congruent. Therefore, by the definition of congruent sides, their measures are equal. JL= KM We are given KP= 4 and PM= 7. Note that KM= KP+ PM. Therefore JL= KP+ PM.
JL=KP+PM
JL= 4+ 7
JL=11