Parallelogram to Rectangle: When DA = DE in a Four-Sided Shape

Side DA is equal to side DE.

Is the parallelogram a rectangle?

Looking at triangle DAE, we are given that DA equals DE, therefore the triangle is isosceles.

As a result, angles DAE and DEA are both equal to 45 degrees.

Now let's calculate angle D:

We know that the sum of angles in a triangle is 180 degrees, and since we have two angles of 45 degrees:

$D+45+45=180$

$D+90=180$

$D=180-90$

$D=90$

Since angle D is a right angle, the parallelogram is indeed a rectangle, according to the rule that if one angle in a parallelogram is a right angle, the parallelogram is a rectangle.