Question

explain why rectangle is a parallelogram but a parallelogram may not be a rectangle

Answer 1

A rectangle can be a parallelogram bcoz it's opposite sides are equal but a parallelogram cannot be a rectangle bcoz in parallelogram, only opposite angles are equal and in a rectangle, all angles are equal.

Answer 2

• The condition for being rectangle is that :

1. Opposite sides are parallel
2. Opposite sides should be equal
3. Diagonals bisects each other .

which is satisfied by rectangle . So, rectangle is a special case of parellelogram.

• But for being rectangle its all angles are right angles and also its diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
• So parellelogram is not a rectangle.
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