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A quadrilateral is a parallelogram if it has two pairs of (opposite) sides that are parallel.

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Q: What makes a quadrilateral a parallelogram?
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What makes a quadrilateral and a parallelogram different from a rectangle?

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Is a rectangle a special quadrilateral?

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A shape that is a parallelogram but not a quadrilateral doesn't exist.


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