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Question
ABCD is a parallelogram. What kind of quadrilateral is it if : AC = BD and AC is perpendicular to BD?
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Solution
AC = BD (Given)
& AC ⊥ BD (Given)
i.e. Diagonals of a quadrilateral are equal and they are ⊥ to each other.
∴ ABCD is square.
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