Question

Explain the differences between a parallelogram and a rectangle.​

Answer 1

• Rectangle have all angles same where as parallelogram have two pair of angles same
• Rectangle has each angle of measure 90° where as parallelogram may or may not have
• Diagonals of rectangle are equal where as parallelogram don't

Answer 2

Similarities between a parallelogram and a rectangle

• Quadrilateral (4-sided, two dimensional shape)
• Opposite sides are equal and parallel to each other
• Sum of all the interior angles is 360°
• Diagonals bisect each other
• Adjacent angles are supplementary (sum to 180°)
• Opposite angles are equal

Differences between a parallelogram and a rectangle

• A rectangle has four equal interior angles (each are 90°) whereas only the opposite angles in a parallelogram are equal.
• The diagonals of a rectangle are equal in length, whereas the diagonals of a parallelogram are not equal in length.

All rectangles are parallelograms since the opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel, but all parallelograms are not rectangles.