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Question
State, 'true' or 'false'
The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other at right angle.
Options
True
False
Solution
False
Consider a rectangle as shown below.
It is a parallelogram. However, the diagonals of a rectangle do not intersect at right angles, even though they bisect each other.
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