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Explanation:

remember, a parallelogram is a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel and equal sides, and 2 pairs of correspondingly equal angles. and its diagonals are intersecting each other in their midpoint.

with that in mind

(i)

because ABCD is a parallelogram, AD = BC, and AB = CD.

and angle A = angle C (and angle B = angle D).

therefore, as AE = FC, this also means that ED = BF.

via SAS (side angle side) it is clear that the triangles ABE and CDF are congruent.

therefore, EB = DF.

as ED is part of AD, and BF is part of BC, it is also clear that ED || BF.

together with ED = BF this means that EB || DF.

so, we have with BEDF 2 pairs of parallel and equal sides. and that is a parallelogram.

(j)

BCDE and ABCG are parallelograms.

so, BC = DE = AG, CD = BE, AB = CG.

due to the midpoint intersection rule of the diagonals of parallelograms, we also know

GE = CG = AB, DG = BG.

and as CG || AB, then also GE || AB.

together with AB = GE that means that AE = BG and AE || BG.

so, we have with ABGE again 2 pairs of parallel and equal sides. and that is a parallelogram.

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