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Question
State with reason whether the following statement is ‘true’ or ‘false’.
Every parallelogram is a rectangle.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is False.
Reason:
If all angles of a quadrilateral are right angles, then it is a rectangle. It is not necessary for all angles of a parallelogram to be right angles. Therefore, not every parallelogram is a rectangle.
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