Question

A parallelogram cannot be a ____.


rectangle

rhombus

trapezoid

Answer 1

A parallelogram is a shape where opposite sides are parallel.

Answer 2

That being said, are the opposite sides on a trapezoid parallel?

Answer 3

yea

Answer 4

Do you know what parallel means?

Answer 5

yes it means two lines are next to each other

Answer 6

No it doesn't. It means that they have the same slope.

Answer 7

oh thats not how i learned it

Answer 8

Well look:
http://education-portal.com/cimages/multimages/16/Isosceles_trapezoid.jpg
You've got the top and bottom lines, and the side lines. The top and bottom are opposite, and parallel, but are the sides parallel?

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

So now you know a trapezoid can't be a parallelogram. :D

Answer 11

ohhhh ok thx

Answer 12

No problem. :)