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Is a rectangle a parallelogram always, sometimes or never?


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Compare a rectangle and a parallelogram:

A parallelogram is a rectangle. It is true when the parallelogram has these properties listed below. It is not true when a parallelogram has no right angle. A quadrilateral (a polygon with 4 vertices) ABCD with pair of opposite sides parallel to each other that is AB is parallel to CD and BC is parallel to AB is called parallelogram

The properties of rectangle are

  1. 4 right angles
  2. 2 pair of opposite congruent sides
  3. Congruent diagonals
  4. 2 sets of parallel sides
  5. Mutually bisecting diagonal

Hence, a rectangle is always a parallelogram.


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