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Why is a parallelogram not the same type of quadrilateral as a trapezoid

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Because with a trapezoid it only has one pair of parallel sides, but with a parallelogram it has two pairs of parallel sides.

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A trapezoid only has two opposite sides parallel, while a parallelogram has all four sides parallel.
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