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Show that quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. A(-3,-2) B(-1,2) C(1,1) D(-1,-3)

User Mcmayer
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Answer:

Explanation:

With corners as

A

(

2

,

1

)

,

B

(

1

,

2

)

,

C

(

5

,

2

)

and

D

(

2

,

1

)

, let us find slopes of each side of the parallelogram

A

B

C

D

.

Slope of

A

B

is

2

(

1

)

1

(

2

)

=

3

3

=

1

Slope of

B

C

is

2

2

5

1

=

0

4

=

0

Slope of

C

D

is

(

1

2

2

5

=

3

3

=

1

Slope of

D

A

is

1

(

1

)

2

(

2

)

=

0

4

=

0

As slopes of alternate sides of quadrilateral are equal, alternate sides are parallel to each other

and

A

B

C

D

is a parallelogram.

User Nextgentech
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