Does a rhombus have opposite angles that are supplementary?

1 Answer
Dec 25, 2015

Generally speaking, NO. These angles are equal.
But see the details below.

Explanation:

Let's consider a rhombus #ABCD# with #AB=BC=CD=DA#.
Draw diagonal #AC# and consider two triangles this diagonal breaks the rhombus into: #Delta ABC# and #Delta ADC#.
Obviously, these triangles are congruent by three sides.
Therefore, angles #/_ABC# and #/_ADC# are equal in measure.

Supplemental are angles that sum up to #180^o#. Equal in measure angles can be supplemental only in one case - when they both are #90^o#. Therefore, if our rhombus is a square, opposite angles are supplemental. Otherwise, they are not supplemental because they are equal in measure and not #90^o# each.