What happens to the diagonal of a rectangle when the rectangle is reflected across a line of symmetry? What does this suggest about the diagonals of rectangles?

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When you reflect a diagonal over a line of symmetry, the diagonal will land perfectly on the other diagonal (and vice versa). This suggests that one diagonal is a mirror copy of the other.

Another way to put it: The vertex points of the rectangle will swap when we reflect over a line of symmetry. A diagonal is simply the opposite vertex points joined together. So this is why the diagonals swap places (because the vertices line up perfectly when you apply the reflection).

A shape with a line of symmetry will land on itself, when reflected across the line of symmetry. The true statements are:

  • The diagonals of the rectangle will land perfectly on each other
  • The diagonals of a rectangle are lines of symmetry

From the question, we understand that; the rectangle is reflected across the line of symmetry

When this is done, the half of the rectangle will land directly on the other half.

This means that, the diagonal of the rectangle will land perfectly on the other diagonal

The statement above suggests that, the diagonal of a rectangle is also a line of symmetry of the rectangle.

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