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Question
Which of the following is a property of a parallelogram?
Options
Opposite sides are parallel.
The diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
The diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
All angles are equal.
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Solution
Opposite sides are parallel.
Explanation:
We know that, in a parallelogram, opposite sides are parallel.
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