Question

What is the difference between a parallelogram and a rectangle? a Both pairs of opposite sides are congruent and parallel. b Contains four right angles. c The diagonals bisect each other. d Both pairs of opposite angles are congruent.

Answer 1

b. Contains four right angles.

Explanation:

A parallelogram has two pairs of opposite sides that are both congruent and parallel, as does a rectangle.

A parallelogram usually does NOT have four right angles, but a rectangle does. b Contains four right angles is the difference between a parallelogram and a rectangle.

The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other, and so do the rectangle's diagonals.

The opposite angles of parallelograms are congruent, and all four angles of a rectangle are congruent, so this is a similar aspect of both a parallelogram and a rectangle.

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