Question

8. If the two diagonals of a parallelogram are equal, prove that the parallelogram is
rectangle.
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Answer 1

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□ ABCD is a parallelogram

consider Δ ACD and Δ ABD

AC = BD .... (given)

AB = DC .... (opposite sides of parallelogram)

AD = AD .... (common side)

∴Δ ACD ≅Δ ABD (sss test of congruence)

∠ BAD = ∠ CDA .... (cpct)

∠BAD+∠CDA=180

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. [Adjacent angles of parallelogram are supplementary]

so ∠ BAD and ∠ CDA are right angles as they are congruent and supplementary.

Therefore, □ ABCD is a rectangle since a

parallelogram with one right interior angle is a rectangle.