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3. Prove that MNOP is a parallelogram given that its diagonals bisect each other. (MO and NP bisect each other at R)​

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The student is incorrect and for parallelograms to be equal, included angles between them too should be equal.Explanation:When two quadrilaterals MNOP=TQRS, then not only all corresponding sides are equal, all corresponding angles too are equal.As MNOP and TQRS are parallelograms their diagonals bisect each other. And as MO=TR and NP=QS, it is apparent (see figure below) that MX=XO=TY=YR and NX=XP=SY=YQ. And hence two sides of all the four triangles (in each of the parallelogram) are equal.However, the angles included between the two diagonals can change (as is seen from the figure below),and hence MNOP≠TQRS

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