ABCD is a parallelogram and BCEF is a rectangle and BC is the base of both of them. 1. Draw a figure of the rectangle and the parallelogram assuming the same height. 2. Show that the perimeter of ABCD is greater than the perimeter of BCEF.

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ABCD is a parallelogram and BCEF is a rectangle and BC is the base of both of them.

1. Draw a figure of the rectangle and the parallelogram assuming the same height.

2. Show that the perimeter of ABCD is greater than the perimeter of BCEF.

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