Verify Parallelogram Properties: Quadrilateral ABCD with Sides 10 and 8

Question

Look at the quadrilateral ABCD shown below.

AB = 10 and CD = 8.

BD = 7 and AC = 6.

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Is the quadrilateral a parallelogram?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Is the quadrilateral a parallelogram?
00:03 A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal opposite sides
00:07 Let's check the sides of our quadrilateral
00:11 Opposite sides are not equal, therefore it's not a parallelogram
00:15 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

The problem requires us to determine if the quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram based on given side and diagonal lengths.

To determine if ABCD is a parallelogram, we check if both pairs of opposite sides are equal:

  • For sides AB AB and CD CD , the lengths given are AB=10 AB = 10 and CD=8 CD = 8 . These are not equal, hence the first condition AB=CD AB = CD for a parallelogram is not met.
  • We also need to check if the other pair of opposite sides satisfies AD=BC AD = BC . However, without additional information, like equality of the other pair of sides, we cannot verify AD=BC AD = BC using the given lengths alone.

Since one necessary condition for ABCD to be a parallelogram is broken (i.e., ABCD AB \neq CD ), we can conclude that quadrilateral ABCD is not a parallelogram.

Therefore, the correct answer is No.

Answer

No.