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8-2 Parallelograms

Parallelogram:
• a quadrilateral (4 sides)
• opposite sides are parallel.
• opposite angles are congruent
• consecutive angles are supplementary
• opposite sides are congruent

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ALSO:

• The diagonals of a parallelogram


BISECT each other!
ALSO (!):
• A diagonal splits a
parallelogram into
two CONGRUENT
triangles !

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∆ABC = ∆CDB
B C

A D

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