The sides of a parallelogram are 25 centimetres and 15 centimetres. The height to the 25 centimetres side is 15 centimetres. What is the speciality of this parallelogram?

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The sides of a parallelogram are 25 cm and 15 cm.

The height to the 25 cm side is 15 cm which is equal to the other side of the parallelogram.

Therefore, the other side of the parallelogram is itself the height of the parallelogram.

Thus, the given parallelogram is a rectangle.

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The sides of a parallelogram are 25 centimetres and 15 centimetres. The height to the 25 centimetres side is 15 centimetres. What is the speciality of this parallelogram?

The sides of a parallelogram are 25 cm and 15 cm. The height to the 25 cm side is 15 cm which is equal to the other side of the parallelogram. Therefore, the other side of the parallelogram is itself the height of the parallelogram. Thus, the given parallelogram is a rectangle.

The sides of a parallelogram are 25 cm and 15 cm.

The height to the 25 cm side is 15 cm which is equal to the other side of the parallelogram.

Therefore, the other side of the parallelogram is itself the height of the parallelogram.

Thus, the given parallelogram is a rectangle.