PARALLELOGRA
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GROUP 1
What is a parallelogram?
It is a quadrilateral with two
pairs of opposite sides that are
parallel
PROPERTIES OF A
PARALLELOGRAM
PROPERTY 1 OF PARALLELOGRAM
• Both pairs of opposite sides of a
parallelogram are congruent.
BC = AD
BA = CD
PROPERTY 2 OF PARALLELOGRAM
• Both pairs of opposite angles of a
parallelogram are congruent.
PROPERTY 3 OF PARALLELOGRAM
• Any two consecutive angles of a
parallelogram are supplementary.
PROPERTY 4 OF PARALLELOGRAM
• A diagonal of a parallelogram divides the
parallelogram into two congruent
triangles.
PROPERTY 5 OF PARALLELOGRAM
• The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect
each other.
FORMULA:
• A = bh
• P = 2l + 2w