Choose the correct statement(s) about rectangles and parallelograms.

Rectangles inherit all the properties of parallelograms

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Rectangles inherit only some properties of parallelograms

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All parallelograms need not be rectangles

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All parallelograms are rectangles

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Solution

The correct options are
A Rectangles inherit all the properties of parallelograms
C All parallelograms need not be rectangles
Since rectangles are essentially parallelograms with a special property that says all the angles are equal, they inherit all the properties of parallelograms.

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Choose the correct statements from the following:

Statement 1: All the parallelograms having the same base and lying between the same parallels have equal areas.

Statement 2: All the parallelograms having the same base and lying between the same parallels have different perimeters.

Statement 3: Of all the parallelograms having same base and lying between same parallels, rectangle will have the smallest perimeter.

Statement 4: All the parallelograms having equal areas must have the same base but they may or may not lie between the same parallels.

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