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Are a trapezoid and a parallelogram sometimes, always, or never similar?

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No, a trapezoid is not a parallelogram. They both are quadrilaterals which have 4 sides each. Parallelogram has opposite sides equal and parallel, but trapezoid has one set of sides parallel but not equal. Parallelogram has opposite angles equal.

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