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Any polygon with pairs of parallel opposite sides is a parallelogram.

A) True
B) False

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Answer:

False

A parallelogram have 4 sides. However, a polygon can have any number of sides. Therefore, with the given phrasing of the question, the answer is FALSE.

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

A parallelogram has 2 pairs of opposite side that are parallel

A parallelogram also has opposite angles that are equal

But any polygon is the key term

It can have more than 4 sides.

An example would be an octagon

It has 4 pairs of parallel sides

User Ben Croughs
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