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Prove that if one pair of opposite sides of a quadrilateral is equal and parallel, it is a parallelogram

Asked by mkp400 | 18 Dec, 2017, 07:52: AM

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Answered by Sneha shidid | 18 Dec, 2017, 09:57: AM

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