Darnell is cutting a piece of wood for a table top. He wants to be sure that it is in the shape of a rectangle. He knows that it's a parallelogram, but which will tell him that it is definitely a rectangle? The opposite sides are congruent The diagonals are perpendicular The diagonals are congruent O The diagonals bisect each other
Darnell is cutting a piece of wood for a table top. He wants to be sure that it is in the shape of a rectangle. He knows that it's a parallelogram, but which will tell him that it is definitely a rectangle? The opposite sides are congruent The diagonals are perpendicular The diagonals are congruent O The diagonals bisect each other
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Darnell is cutting a piece of wood for a table top. He wants to be sure that it is in the shape of a rectangle. He knows that it's a parallelogram, but which will tell him that it is definitely a rectangle?
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Darnell is cutting a piece of wood for a tabletop. He wants to be sure that it is in the shape of a rectangle. He knows that it's a parallelogram, but which will tell him that it is definitely a rectangle?
- The opposite sides are congruent
- The diagonals are perpendicular
- The diagonals are congruent
- The diagonals bisect each other
In order to determine if a parallelogram is specifically a rectangle, Darnell should check if the diagonals are congruent. This characteristic is unique to rectangles within the category of parallelograms.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2d239319-b4ca-40ea-b3ff-4d21da908399%2F606c904a-3517-4ff0-9234-acbada1a227a%2Fua07sk_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Darnell is cutting a piece of wood for a tabletop. He wants to be sure that it is in the shape of a rectangle. He knows that it's a parallelogram, but which will tell him that it is definitely a rectangle?
- The opposite sides are congruent
- The diagonals are perpendicular
- The diagonals are congruent
- The diagonals bisect each other
In order to determine if a parallelogram is specifically a rectangle, Darnell should check if the diagonals are congruent. This characteristic is unique to rectangles within the category of parallelograms.
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