University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.3 - The Dot Product - Exercises - Page 617: 21

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We have two side vectors $u$ and $v$ with two diagonals $d_1=u+v$ and $d_2=u-v$ Now, $|d_1|^2=|u|^2+|v|^2+2 u \cdot v$ and $|d_2|^2=|u|^2+|v|^2 -2 u \cdot v$ and $|d_1|^2=|d_2|^2$ Then $2 u \cdot v-2 u \cdot v=0$ or, $|d_1|^2=|d_2|^2 \implies u \cdot v=0$ This means that $u \perp v$ Hence, the two sides will be perpendicular and the parallelogram must be a rectangle.
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