Question

How are a parallelogram and a trapezoid different?

O A Atrapezoid has only 1 pair of parallel sides but a parallelogram has 2
O BA parallelogram has 4 nght angles but a trapezoid doesn't need to have 4 night angles
OC A parallelogram has only 1 pair of parallel sides but a trapezoid has 2
D. A trapezoid has 4 right angles but a parallelogram doesn't need to have 4 night angles
8 07 13 Answered

Answer 1

(a) A trapezoid has only 1 pair of parallel sides but a parallelogram has 2

Explanation:

Required

The difference between a trapezium and a parallelogram

The major difference is:

A trapezium has a pair of parallel side, the other sides are not parallel

A parallelogram has 4 sides where opposite sides are parallel (i.e 2 pairs of parallel sides).

Hence, (a) is correct